Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics will publish an issue devoted to personal stories from bioethicists about the experience of being ill or caring for a person who is ill. The editors are particularly interested in those stories that have affected how a bioethicist “does” ethics, and want true, personal stories in a Read more…
JOINT MEETING OF THE 2ND FORUM ON CLINICAL BIOETHICS AND THE 1ST FORUM ON HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE PONTIFICAL XAVIERIAN UNIVERSITY, COLUMBIA BIOETHICS INSTITUTE RESEARCH GROUP ON BIOETHICS LINE OF RESEARCH ON CLINICAL BIOETHICS AND HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE BOGOTÁ, 28 – 29 AUGUST 2012 AUDITORIUM LUIS CARLOS Read more…
Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics & Ethics and the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, with the support of Brighton & Sussex Medical School and LABTEC present: Symposium: Bioethics and Regenerative Medicine Monday 16 & Tuesday 17 July 2012, Brighton Background: In the last few decades Read more…
The 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics + Humanities (ASBH), “Representing Bioethics,” will take place October 18-21, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The call for papers is now open and abstracts will be accepted until 4:00pm (CST), March 5, 2012. The theme for Read more…
Medicine for the Mind Dr Neil Pickering Bioethics Centre, University of Otago CMH Visiting Fellow (Michaelmas 2011) Wednesday 16 November, 5.15 pm St Chad’s Chapel and SCR Followed by wine and canapés How should we understand mental illness? The question is fundamental and puzzling. An example brings this out: In Read more…
Human bodies: donation for medicine and research Tuesday 11 October 2011, 14:00-17:00 (lunch from 13:00) Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX Following an 18-month inquiry, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics will publish a report which considers the ethical issues that arise when people are asked to donate bodily Read more…
Tuesday 12 April: It was bound to happen – the blog just got shouldered aside as simply being here in Otago got busier and fuller. All good, though – the very reason for coming. In essence I had to come away from this visit with as near to a newly-written Read more…