Autumn 2018 - University of Washington School of Medicine

Dept of Bioethics & Humanities

Seattle, USA

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November 17, 2018 to November 18, 2018
Doha, Qatar
Deadline for submission: June 1, 2018.

The 1st International Conference on Medical Humanities in the Middle East at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar invites proposals for oral presentations and posters on the topics of narrative medicine, medical sociology, philosophy of medicine, art and medicine, expressive arts therapies, medical ethics and narrative ethics, literature and medicine, history of medicine and other humanistic initiatives in medicine occurring in the Middle East and North Africa region. Keynote speakers: Arthur W. Frank and Mohammed Ghaly. Selected papers will be invited to an edited volume.

Contact: Professor Alan S. Weber: alw2010@qatar-med.cornell.edu

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2-6 July 2018

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) announces the annual Summer school on Health Law and Ethics, providing students, academics, professionals and practitioners, with an opportunity for intensive training in various aspects of health law and ethics over a one-week period, while absorbing the sights, sounds and culture unique to Rotterdam and the Netherlands.

The Summer school offers a custom-developed course taught in English by leading academics in their field.

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The significance of ethics in clinical practice, education & research

September 6-8, 2018

Department of Medical Humanities, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam – The Netherlands

We would like to inform you that the deadline for abstract submission has been postponed to April 15, 2018.This deadline is fast approaching. Abstracts arriving after this date will not be accepted!

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EACME PAUL SCHOTSMANS PRIZE FOR YOUNG TALENTED SCHOLARS

If you would like to give a talk at the annual conference in Amsterdam and if you are a PhD student you could apply for an EACME Paul Schotsmans prize. A maximum of 3 prizes is available - 500 Euro each. The selection is based on your abstract that you send to the conference committee to be considered for presentation. The selection criteria are based on the scientific quality of your abstract, its coherence, innovativeness and research context. The selection is directed by the Bureau of EACME.

Those who have already submitted their abstract can contact eacme2018@vumc.nl and ask to be considered for the prize.

Since 2000, the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law of the University of Leuven (Belgium) has offered a Master of Bioethics programme in collaboration with the University of Padova (Italy) and the Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands). More than 270 students from 70 different countries have since then followed the programme.

From the academic year 2016-2017 the University of Leuven is coordinating a newly designed curriculum hosting students during a whole academic year in Leuven.

For the academic year 2016-2017, various fellowships will be granted to students who want to participate in their Master of Bioethics programme.

More information on the program is available from www.masterbioethics.org

Please see their Facebook page for notifications about training, study, and conference opportunities, as well as vacancies in the field of Bioethics https://www.facebook.com/bioethicsstudyandtraining

 

Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 20-23 March, 2018

The section of Healthcare Ethics, department IQ healthcare, (Radboudumc University Medical Centre) organises the 20^th edition of the advanced European bioethics course ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’ from March 20-23, 2018.

The key-note lecture will be held by prof. Allan Kellehear, Academic Director Digital Health Enterprise Zone, 50th Anniversary Professor (End-of-Life Care), University of Bradford, UK.

 

Objective of this course is to educate the participants on two main aspects: Ethical questions of palliative care and medically assisted death, and philosophical, theological and medical reflections on the concepts of death and suffering. Attitudes towards death and dying, and the ethical aspects of continuing or foregoing medical treatment, and of medically assisted death receive considerable attention in this course. In addition, the dimensions of spirituality, rituals and intercultural diversity are covered.

This course deals with a variety of topics in the domain of palliative care: Autonomy and dependence; scientific research in palliative care; palliative sedation and euthanasia; death, suffering and palliative care; quality of life and a good death; spirituality and palliative care and cultural aspects of death and dying. There will be time for intensive discussions.

Speakers are, among others, Kris Vissers, Professor of Palliative Care in Nijmegen; Ghislaine van Tiel, Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in Utrecht; Gert Olthuis, Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in Nijmegen, Marianne Dees, General Phycisian and Postdoctoral rRsearcher in Nijmegen,Theo Boer, Professor of Medical Ethics, Protestant Theological University and Joanna Wojtkowiak, Assistant Professor in Utrecht.

The course management strives for a diverse group of participants, with a large diversity in professional and cultural backgrounds. This diversity among both faculty and participants stimulates fruitful exchange of ideas and enhances understanding of others’ professional and cultural perspectives on suffering, death and palliative care.

This course is designed for participants from diverse professional backgrounds, such as nursing, medicine, health care administration, ethics, philosophy, theology and pastoral care, and PhD students undertaking courses of study in these areas.

Location: Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Language: English. Price: Euro (€) 690 for registration before 1 February 2018, Euro (€) 790 for registration on or after this date.

For more information or registration, please follow the links or contact simone.naber@radboudumc.nl . Tel: +31 (0) 24 - 3613359/ +31 (0) 24 - 3615320. For updates and the latest news follow us on twitter: @palcarecourse.

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2-6 July 2018, Rome

 

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9-13 July 2018, Rome

 

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12-14 September 2018, Poland

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December 2018

New Delhi, India

Congress Theme: Health for all in an unequal world: Obligations of global bioethics

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