BULLETIN OF MEDICAL ETHICS
MEETINGS DIARY

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United Kingdom

Biomedicine, the Family, and Human Rights
27-30 August 1999, in OXFORD
Details from: Ruth Deech, St Anne's College, Oxford OX2 6HS, United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 865 274 820 Fax: + 44 865 274 895
Email: sandra.madley@st-annes.ox.ac.uk

Children and Death
6-9 Sept 1999, in BRISTOL
Details from: Conference Dept.,EMAP Healthcare Ltd, Porters South, Crinan St, London N1 9XW
Tel: +44 171 843 4940 Fax: +44 171 843 4950
Email: clairema@healthcare.emap.co.uk

Residential Course in Medical Law
12-16 Sept 1999, in GLASGOW
Details from: Annabel Money, School of Law, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ
Tel: (0141) 330 3688 Fax: (0141) 330 4698
Email: 9710228m@udcf.gla.ac.uk

Course on Medical Ethics
13-17 Sept 1999, in LONDON
Details from: Sally Verkaik, Centre for Continuing Education, Imperial College, Room 526 Sheffield Building, Exhibition Rd, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Tel: 44 (0) 171 594 6882 Fax: 44 (0) 171 594 6883
Email: cpd@ic.ac.uk

Ethics and the Transformation of Medicine
September 17-18 1999, at University College, Oxford
Details from: the conference secretariat: Mrs Beryl Walters, Oxford MRI Centre, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU
Tel: 01865 221904 Fax: 01865 222019

Choices in Health
21 Sept 1999, in BIRMINGHAM
Details from: Lucy Heaton, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP
Tel: 0171 383 6803 Fax: 0171 383 6403
Email: kmccarthy@bma.org.uk

Our Children’s Health
23 Sept 1999, in LONDON
Details: BMA Conference Unit, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP
Tel: 0171 383 6605 Fax: 0171 383 6663
Email: confunit@bma.org.uk

The Ethics of Research on Humans NEW!
Introductory Course: 27-29 Sept 1999
Advanced Course: 4 Nov 1999
in LONDON
Details: Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King’s College London,
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
Tel: (0) 171 848 2382
Fax: (0) 171 848 2575

Misconduct in Biomedical Research
28-29 Oct 1999, in EDINBURGH
Details from: Mrs M Farquhar, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen St, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ, Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 131 225 7324 Fax: +44(0) 131 220 4393
Email: m.farquhar@rcpe.ac.uk

Ethical and Research Dilemmas for Fertility Preservation for Children Treated for Cancer NEW!
14-16 December 1999, in CAMBRIDGE
Details: C Stewart, Serono Laboratories, 99 Bridge Road East
Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 1BG

Europe

Health Care Issues in Pluralistic Societies
2-6 August 1999, in NIJMEGEN
Details from: Dr. B Gordijn, Dept. of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Catholic Univ. Nijmegen
P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The NETHERLANDS
Tel: +(31) 24 361 53 20
Email: b.gordijn@efg.kun.nl

13th World Congress on Medical Law
6-10 Aug Helsinki, FINLAND
Details from: Ms. Pirkko Kuo-rehjärvi, Stakes, PO Box 220, FIN-00531, Helsinki, Finland
Fax: +358 9 3967 2030
Email: pirkko.kuorehjarvi@stakes.fi

13th Annual Conference of the European Soceity for Philosophy of Medical and Health Care
18-21 August 1999 in Linkoping, Sweden
Details from: Dr Henk ten Have, ESPMH, Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Catholic University of Nujmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Fax: + 1 31 24 354 02 54

Health Care and the Interests of the Individual versus that of Society NEW!
26-28 Aug 99, SLOVAKIA
Details from: Agneta Sutton, Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy, 58 Hanover Gardens, London SE11 5TN, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel / fax: 44 (0) 171 587 0595
Email: 100524.1567@compuserve.com

Third World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences
29 Aug-2 Sept 99, in Bologna, ITALY
Details from: Public Relations and Publications Unit, JRC, 21020, Ispra (VA) Italy
Tel: +39 332 789 889
Fax: +39 332 782 435
Email: prp@jrc.it

Corps humain et organes artificiels
3-5 Sept 1999, LUGANO
Details: R Malacrida, Ospedale Civico, Via Tesserete 46, 6900 Lugano
Email: rmalacrida@tinet.ch

V Cours postgradue de bioethique/ V. Sommerschule fur biomedizinische Ethik NEW!
7 - 12 September 1999 in Bellinzona (Tessin), SWITZERLAND
Tel: + 41 79 301 44 69
Fax: + 41 91 600 21 82
Email: sassocorbaro@bluewin.ch

Human Genetics and Bioethic Laws NEW!
14-16 Oct 99, Marseille, FRANCE
Details from: Prof. J.F. Mattei, Départment de Génétique Médicale. Hôpital d’Enfants de la Timone - 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France
Tel: 33 (0) 491 387 967
Fax: 33 (0) 491 494 194

Humans and Genetic Engineering in the New Millennium NEW!
9 November 1999,in DENMARK
Details from: The Danish Council of Ethics, Ravnsborggade 2-4, DK-2200 København N, Denmark
Fax: +45 35 37 57 55
Website: www.etiskraad.dk

Third Annual Biotechnology Congress NEW!
16-19 Nov 99, in Munich,GERMANY
Details from: EuropaBio’99, Avenue de l’Armée 6, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 735 0313
Fax: +32 2 735 4960
Email: mail@europa-bio.be

Ethics and Genetics
18-20 Nov 1999, in NIJMEGEN
Details from: B. Gordijn, Catholic Univ. Nijmegen, 232 Dept. Ethics, Philosophy & History of Med, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Tel: +(31) 24 361 53 20
Email: b.gordijn@efg.kun.nl

Education for Quality: Clinical Research on the Threshold of a New Millennium NEW!
27 - 28 January 2000, in BRUSSELS
Details: F Crawley, Ethics Working Party, European Forum for Good Clinical Practice
Schoolbergenstraat 47, B-3010 Kessel-Lo, Belgium
Tel: +32 16 35 03 69 Fax: +32 16 35 03 69

The Americas

Doctors, Death and Dignity II: Regaining Lost Ground NEW!
24-25 September 1999 in New York, USA
Details from: Hamot Medical Centre, CME Department, 201 State St, Erie, PA 16550
Tel: + (800) 352 2553
Website: www.hamot.org

21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making NEW!
3-6 October 1999, in Nevada, USA
Details from: The George Washington University Medical Center, Office of CEHP, 2300 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
Tel: (202) 994 8929
Fax: (202) 994 1791
Email: SMDM-Office@SMI.Stanford.edu

Medical-legal Issues for the New Millennium NEW!
15-16 Oct 99, Seattle, USA
Details from: ACLM, 611 E. Wells St. Milwaukee, W1 53202-3816
Tel: (800) 433 9137

The Effects of Managed Care on Research NEW!
20 October 1999, in Boston, USA
Details from: Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, 132 Boylston Street. Boston, MA 02116
Tel: +617 423 4112
Fax: +617 423 1185
Email: prmr@aol.com

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities - 2nd Annual Meeting NEW!
28-31 October 1999,in Philadelphia, USA
Website: www2.umdnj.edu/ethicweb/upcome.htm

Clinical Trials and Tribulations in 2000 and Beyond NEW!
3 December 1999, in Baltimore, USA
Details from: JHU School of Med, Office of CME, Turner 20
720 Rutland Ave, Baltimore MD 21205
Tel: (410) 955 2959
Fax: (410) 955 0807
Email: cmenet@jhmi.edu

Annual ARENA IRB Meeting NEW!
5 December 1999, in Boston MA, USA
Details from: Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research
132 Boylston Street. Boston, MA 02116
Tel: +617 423 4112
Fax: +617 423 1185
Email: prmr@aol.com

The Rest of the World

International Symposium: Torture as a Challenge to the Health, and other Professions
22-25 Sept 99, New Delhi, INDIA
Details from: Symposium secretariat, IRCT, Borgergade 13, PO Box 2107, DK-1014 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: +45 33 76 06 00 Fax: +45 33 76 05 00
Email: irct@irct.org

International Seminar: Biotechnology and Society NEW!
16-17 November 99, in Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Details from: Alberto Diaz
Email: albdiaz@unq.edu.ar

Bioethics in and from Asia: 5th Tsukuba Bioethics Roundtable
20-23 November 1999, in JAPAN Details from: D Macer, Inst. of biological sciences, Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City 305 8572, Japan. Fax: +81 298 53 6614
Email: macer@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp

Ethics Education in Medical Schools NEW!
13-16 February 2000, in Eilat, ISRAEL
Details from: ISAS International Seminars, POB 574, Jerusalem 91004, Israel
Email: isas@netvision.net.il

Third International Symposium on Coma and Death NEW!
22-25 February 2000, in CUBA
Details from: Dr Calixto Machado
Fax: +537 22 8382/21-9496
Email: braind@infomed.sld.cu
Website: www.sld.cu/eventos/comadeath