Social Science & Medicine 55 (2002) 1692
Call for abstracts
XVIIth European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care 21–23 August, 2003, Vilnius, Lithuania ‘‘European integration-philosophy and ethics of health care’’ Conference organised by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (ESPMH) and the Central and East European Association for Bioethics (CEEB), in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 21–23, 2003. The focus of the conference is on philosophical and ethical issues in relation to European integration, particularly in the area of medicine and healthcare. Abstracts are invited, addressing the following topics: * *
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development of medical philosophy and bioethics institutionalisation of philosophy and ethics in healthcare harmonisation of medical research regulations human rights and health care solidarity and health care the gap between ‘academic’ and ‘bureaucratic’ bioethics commercisalisation in healthcare patenting and genetics
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genetic/health related data bases research and personal data use of biological materials (future) European guidelines in biomedical research
The program of the conference includes plenary sessions as well as parallel session. Papers will be selected from abstracts submitted to the Conference Program Committee. Papers addressing the philosophical, ethical and historical dimensions of the conference topic are welcomed. Persons wishing to present papers at the conference should submit an abstract (500 words maximum) before December 1, 2002. Kindly send abstracts—as well on diskette in Word or through e-mail—to: Conference organisation Prof. Dr. Henk ten Have, ESPMH Secretariat Dept. of Philosophy, Ethics and History of Medicine University Medical Centre Nijmegen P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands E-mail:
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