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The VIIIth international conference on the social sciences and medicine
Announcrmrnts THE VIIIth INTERNATIONAL ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
CONFERENCE AND MEDICINE
will be held at University
of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland 22-26 August 1983
The themes on this occasion will be: Assessing recent developments and opportunities in the promotion of health Communication across cultural and disciplinary boundaries in the sociomedical sciences Concepts of rights and justice and their implication for policy Effects of material deprivation on neurological functioning Female/male differences in becoming ill and getting better Health and the migrant worker Health and unemployment Health systems as a defence against the consequences of poverty Implications of comparative hospital organisation and structure for inter-professional behaviour and the delivery of care Indigenous and multi-national pharmaceutical companies; their contributions, consequences and control Issues in the accessibility and confidentiality of patient records Processes in the formulation and legitimisation of professional ethics in a changing world Relationships of lifestyles to patterns of health Social responsibilities of medical and social scientists in war and in the preservation of peace The assessment and implementation of health care priorities in developing countries The family as a resource unit in health care: changing patterns The nature and influence of popular movements in health policy and modern health practice The relevance of traditional medical cultures to modern primary health care Values in health care choices Working conditions and health-social epidemiology, patterns of stress, coping and change The role of spatial analysis and geographic data in the detection of disease causation
The attention of prospective participants is drawn to the fact that this series of Conferences is unusual in that there are no formal presentations. Instead, each group, with its own background paper published in advance. will be conducted on a seminar-type. basis. This is to facilitate the richest possible exchange across cultural and disciplinary boundaries. Although there will be no formal presentations, anyone wishing to submit papers may do so and it will be for the relevant section to decide which, if any, of these papers will be considered in detail. All material submitted will be automatically considered for subsequent publication. 25 copies should be supplied by July 1st. The language of the Conference will be English. A variety of accommodation is available at reasonable prices, including self-catering flats and normal university study bedrooms. There will be an opportunity to visit the Edinburgh International Festival on Wednesday August 24th with transport provided. The registration fee is f95 ($200). For further details and registration forms write to: Peter J. M. McEwan PhD, Glengarden. Ballater, Aberdeenshire AB3 5UB, Scotland, U.K.
CONFERENCE AND MEDICINE
will be held at University
of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland 22-26 August 1983
The themes on this occasion will be: Assessing recent developments and opportunities in the promotion of health Communication across cultural and disciplinary boundaries in the sociomedical sciences Concepts of rights and justice and their implication for policy Effects of material deprivation on neurological functioning Female/male differences in becoming ill and getting better Health and the migrant worker Health and unemployment Health systems as a defence against the consequences of poverty Implications of comparative hospital organisation and structure for inter-professional behaviour and the delivery of care Indigenous and multi-national pharmaceutical companies; their contributions, consequences and control Issues in the accessibility and confidentiality of patient records Processes in the formulation and legitimisation of professional ethics in a changing world Relationships of lifestyles to patterns of health Social responsibilities of medical and social scientists in war and in the preservation of peace The assessment and implementation of health care priorities in developing countries The family as a resource unit in health care: changing patterns The nature and influence of popular movements in health policy and modern health practice The relevance of traditional medical cultures to modern primary health care Values in health care choices Working conditions and health-social epidemiology, patterns of stress, coping and change The role of spatial analysis and geographic data in the detection of disease causation
The attention of prospective participants is drawn to the fact that this series of Conferences is unusual in that there are no formal presentations. Instead, each group, with its own background paper published in advance. will be conducted on a seminar-type. basis. This is to facilitate the richest possible exchange across cultural and disciplinary boundaries. Although there will be no formal presentations, anyone wishing to submit papers may do so and it will be for the relevant section to decide which, if any, of these papers will be considered in detail. All material submitted will be automatically considered for subsequent publication. 25 copies should be supplied by July 1st. The language of the Conference will be English. A variety of accommodation is available at reasonable prices, including self-catering flats and normal university study bedrooms. There will be an opportunity to visit the Edinburgh International Festival on Wednesday August 24th with transport provided. The registration fee is f95 ($200). For further details and registration forms write to: Peter J. M. McEwan PhD, Glengarden. Ballater, Aberdeenshire AB3 5UB, Scotland, U.K.