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The VIIIth international conference on the social sciences and medicine
Sot. SCI Med Vol. 16. p. 1. 1982 Perpamon Press Ltd. Printed m Great Brmin
Announcement THE VIIIth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 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
For further
details and application
forms write to:
Dr P. J. M. McEwan Glengarden Ballater Aberdeenshire AB3 5UB Scotland
Announcement THE VIIIth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 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
For further
details and application
forms write to:
Dr P. J. M. McEwan Glengarden Ballater Aberdeenshire AB3 5UB Scotland