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 | United Kingdom |
Human rights and legal traditions
8-11 September in MANCHESTER
Details from: Conference Office, Faculty of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
Tel: + 44 161 275 7556
Fax: + 44 161 275 7557
Email: shirley.tiffany@man.ac.uk
Residential certificate in medical law
13-18 September 1998 in GLASGOW
Details from: Grace McGuire, Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, School of Law, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Tel: + 44 141 330 3528
Fax: + 44 141 330 4698
Philosophy of Nursing: Meaning and Action
14-16 September 1998 in Swansea
Details from: Anne Edwards, Administrator, Centre for Philosophy and Health Care, University of Wales, Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP
Tel: + 44 1792 295 755
Fax: + 44 1792 295 769
The Annual Intensive Five-Day Course on Medical Ethics at Imperial College
14-18 September 1998 in LONDON
Details from:
Tel: + 44 171 594 6882/1
Fax: + 44 171 594 6883
Email: cpd@ic.ac.uk
Religion & Psychiatry: Multifaith Perspectives
16-18 September 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Ms Lee Wilding, Conference Office, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Tel: + 44 171 919 3170 / + 44 171 740 5125
Fax: + 44 171 740 5172
Email: L.wilding@iop.bpmf.ac.uk
Getting better: an event to promote healthy communication
21 September 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Nexus Structured Communications, Wotton Lodge, Warwick Road, Leek Wootton, CV35 7RB
Fax: + 44 1926 854 888
Aternatives to animals in the development and control of biological products for human and vetinary use
24-26 September 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Ms Pam Lane, NIBSC, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 3QG, UK
Fax: + 44 1707 663 796
Third International Congress on Dental Law and Ethics
1-3 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: British Dental Association, 64 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AL
Tel: + 44 171 935 0875
Fax: + 44 171 486 0855
Doctors as agents of the state: historical and contemporary controls NEW!
7 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Dr Andrew Dicker, Sec., Human Values in Health Care Forum, 93 Cambridge St, London SW1V 4PY
Tel: + 44 171 834 5502
Fax: + 44 171 834 2030
The ethics of decision making in purchasing and providing health care
7 October; 10 November; or 1 December in OXFORD
Details from: Ethox One Day Seminars, Institute of Health Sciences, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF
Tel: + 44 1865 226 936
Fax: + 44 1865 226 938
Practical GCP compliance auditing of trials and systems
7-9 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Drug Information Association, European Office, Postfach 4012, Basel, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 61 386 93 93
Fax: + 41 61 386 93 90
Email: diaeurope@stepnet.de
Second international conference on priorities in health care NEW!
8-10 October 1998 in LONDON
BMA/BMJ Conference Unit, BMA House, Tavistock Sq, London WC1H 9TE, UK.
Tel: + 44 171 383 6819
Fax: + 44 171 383 6663
Email: eoliver@:bma.org.uk
Multi-centre research ethics committees: progress 1 year on NEW!
13 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: ROSTRUM, Mildmay House, St Edwards Court, London Rd, Romford, Essex RM7 9QD
Tel: + 44 1708 735 000
Fax: + 44 1708 734 876
Human rights and war crimes NEW!
17 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Academic Department, RSM, 1 Wimpole St, London W1M 8AE
Tel: + 44 171 290 2983
Fax: + 44 171 290 2989
Email: sections@roysocmed.ac.uk
Monitoring to GCP - Comparison between FDA and ICH requirements
20-21 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: ROSTRUM, Mildmay House, St Edwards Court, London Rd, Romford, Essex RM7 9QD
Tel: + 44 1708 735 000
Fax: + 44 1708 734 876
Partners for mental health: nations for mental health NEW!
22-24 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Rosemary McMahon, Professional Briefings, 120 Wilton Road, LONDON, SW1V 1JZ
Tel: + 44 171 233 8322
Fax: + 44 171 233 7779
Email: profbriefings@msn.com
VES Annual Symposium NEW!
31 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Jenni Burth, VES, 13 Prince of Wales Tce, London W8 5PG, UK
Tel: + 44 171 937 7770
50 Years of Clinical Trials: Past, Present and Future
29-30 October 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Jane Lewis, Conference Unit, British Medical Assocation, BMA House, Tavistock Sq, London WC1H 9JP
Tel: + 44 171383 6605
Fax: + 44 171383 6663
Email: Jane.Lewis@bma.org.uk
Ethics of research on humans NEW!
4 November 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Continuing Eduation Unit, King’s College London, Waterloo Bridge House, 57 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY.
Tel: +44 171 872 3055/6
Fax: +44 171 872 3070
Advance directives: Ethical, legal and clinical perspectives
7 November 1998 in LONDON
Details from: CBPP, Graham Stanford, 58 Hanover Gardens, London SE11 5TN
Tel: + 44 181 656 1273
Email: 100524.1567@compuserve.com
Ethics of research on humans NEW!
16-18 December 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Continuing Eduation Unit, King’s College London, Waterloo Bridge House, 57 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY.
Tel: +44 171 872 3055/6
Fax: +44 171 872 3070
Teaching medical undergraduates NEW!
12 November 1998 in LONDON
Details from: Academic Department, RSM, 1 Wimpole St, London W1M 8AE
Tel: + 44 171 290 2983
Fax: + 44 171 290 2989
Email: sections@roysocmed.ac.uk
The influence of litigation on medical practice NEW!
13-14 April 1999 in LONDON
Details from: Academic Department, RSM, 1 Wimpole St, London W1M 8AE
Tel: + 44 171 290 2983
Fax: + 44 171 290 2989
Email: sections@roysocmed.ac.uk
Children and death
6-8 September 1999 in BRISTOL
Details from: Conference department, 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
| Europe |
International Association of Health Policy: Equity in Health Care Across the World: Neoliberalism or New Welfare Policies?
23-26 September 1998 in Perugia, ITALY
Details from: Vania Sabatini, Assessorato Regional alla Sanita dell'Umbria, Via Mario Angloni, I-06100, Perugia, Italy
Tel: + 39 75 504 2056
Fax: + 39 75 504 2095
Email: gbarro@unipg.itCorrection!
IV Cours postgradue de bioethique
24-29 September 1998 in Tessin, SWITZERLAND
Details from: SSEB-SGBE, 21 Rue du Bugnon, 1005, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Tel/Fax + 41 21 314 17 50
Email: sseb@inst.hospvd.ch
The 12th Congress of the World Federation of the Right to die Societies
12-15 October 1998 in ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Details from: Peter Holenstein, Exit Switzerland. P.O. Box 309, CH 8034 Zurich, Switzerland
Fax: + 44 1 383 3378
Email: GL@exit.ch
Ethics and Mental Health: EACME AGM
15-17 October 1998 in ROME
Details from: IPRS, Psychoanalytic Institute for Social Research
11, Passeggiata di Ripetta
I 00186 Rome - Italy
Tel + 39 6 32652401 Fax: +39 6 32652433
Email: iprs@mclink.it
Where biotech meets biobizz
27-30 October 1998 in BRUSSELS
Details from: Europabio, Avenue de l'Armee 6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: + 32 2 735 03 13
Fax: + 32 2 735 49 60
Email: mail@europa-bio.be
Website: http://www.europa-bio.be
Informed consent: who is it protecting? NEW!
18-19 November 1998 in BRUSSELS
Details from: Drug Information Association, Postfach 4012, Basel, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 61 386 93 93
Fax: + 41 61 386 93 90
Email: diaeurope@stepnet.de
Ethics and Genetics
19-21 November 1998 in NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Details from: Dr Bert Gordijn, 232 Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Catholic University of Nujmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Tel: + 1 31 24 361 53 20
Fax: + 131 24 354 02 54
Email: b.gordijn@efg.kun.nl
La biologie, l'homme et l'ethique a l'aube du XXI siecle
20 November 1998 in PARIS
Details from: Societe de biologie, College de France, 3, rue d'Ulm, 75231 Paris Cedex 05
Tel/Fax: + 33 1 44 27 13 40
International conference on the use of humane endpoints in animal experiments for biomedical research
23-25 November 1998 in THE NETHERLANDS
Details from: Bjorn Steen, p/a RIVM, Central Animal Laboratories, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 30 274 2503/2377
Fax: + 31 30 274 4408
Email: Bjorn.Steen@RIVM.nl
The Bioethics and the Challenge of the Complex Societies: Information, Transplantation, Health Systems and Clonation
9-10 December 1998 in ROME
Details from:Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche : Commissione Di Studio Sulla Bioetica, P.le Aldo Moro 7, 00185 Roma, Italy
Tel: + 39 6 4460484
Fax: + 39 6 4469128
First international congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (EUR-SAFE) NEW!
4-6 March 1999 in WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Details from: Congress Office, Wageningen Agricultural University, Will Bodde, Costerweg 50, NL-6701, BH Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: + 31 317 484 008
Fax: + 31 317 485 309
Email: Will.Bodde@Alg.VL.WAU.NL
Ethics and Palliative Care
8-10 April 1999 in NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
Details from: Dr Bert Gordijn, 232 Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Catholic University of Nujmegen, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Tel: + 1 31 24 361 53 20
Fax: + 1 31 24 354 02 54
Email: b.gordijn@efg.kun.nl
Website:www.azn.nl/fmw/onderwys/ukpallia.htm
13th Annual Conference of the European Soceity for Philosophy of Medical and Health Care NEW!
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
Third world congress on alternatives and animal use in the life sciences
29 August - 2 September 1999 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
| The Americas |
The Commercialisation of Genetic Research
10-13 September 1998 in CANADA
Details from: Health Law Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta TG6 2HS, CANADA
Tel: + 1 403 492 8343
Fax: +1 403 492 9575
Email: Nhawkins@law.ualberta.ca
Doctors, death and dignity
11-12 September 1998 in Chautauqua, NY
Details from: Hamot Medical Centre, CME Department, 201 State St, Erie, PA 16550
Tel: + 1 814 877 5690
Website: www.hamot.org
Children, parents, professionals and the State: Ethical, clinical and legal issues in health care for children
19-20 September 1998 in BOSTON
Details from: American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 765 Commonwealth Ave, 16th Floor, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
Tel: + 1 617 262 4990
Fax: +1 617 437 7596
Reflections on a decade of bioethics: the 10th Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference
15-18 October 1998 in TORONTO
Details from: Rhonda Martin, Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto, 88 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L4, CANADA
Email: rhonda.martin@utoronto.ca
Website (English) : www.utoronto.ca/jcb/english.htm
Website (French): www.utoronto.ca/jcb/french.htm
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
22-25 October 1998 in NEW ORLEANS
Details from: Exec Dir, J. T. Coleman, 1 Regency Drive Dr, PO Box 30, Bloomfield, CT 06002, USA
Tel: + 1 860 242 5450
Fax: +1 860 242 0787
Email: Nhawkins@law.ualberta.ca
20th anniversary meeting of the society for medical decision making
25-28 October 1998 in Cambridge, MA
Details from: Society for Medical Decision Making, c/o The George Washington University Office of CEHP, 2300 K street, NW, Washington DC 20037
Tel: + 1 202 994 8929
Fax: + 1 202 994 1791
Email: SMDM-Office@SMI.Stanford.edu
Website :http://www.gwu.edu/~smdm/
Ethics and professionalism in managed care NEW!
30-31 October 1998 in VIRGINIA
Details from: Gary Wackernah, Bioethics Conf, Circle Solutions, Ste n450, 2070 Chain Bridge Road, Vienna, VA 22182
Tel: + 1 703 902 1264
Email: bioethics@circsol.com
PRIM&R and ARENA Annual conferences and one day orientation for new IRB members NEW!
7-10 November 1998 in CALIFORNIA
Details from: PRIM&R /ARENA Office
Tel: + 1 617 423 4112
Email: prmr@aol.com
Website :http://www.aamc.org/research/primr
| The Rest of the World |
What is this thing called bioethics? 6th annual conference of the Australian Bioethics Association NEW!
2-4 October 1998 in TASMANIA
Details from: Conference Design, PO Box 342, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006 AUSTRALIA
Email: mail@design.com.au
The costs of health NEW!
9-10 October 1998 in VICTORIA
Details from: Costs of Health Conference, PO Box 214, Brusnwick East, Victoria 3057 AUSTRALIA
Email: conorg@ozemail.com.au
Fourth Tsukuba International Bioethics Roundtable (TRT4)
31 October - 3 November 1998 in Tsubuka Science City, JAPAN
Details from: Prof Darryl Macer, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki 305, JAPAN
Fax: +81 298 53 6614
Email: macer@biol.tsukuba.ac.jp
Website: http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~macer/TRT4.html
Global Bioethics: The 4th World Congess of the International Association of Bioethics
4-7 November 1998 in TOKYO, JAPAN
Details from: IAB4 Secretariat Office, Department of Philosophy, Nihon Univeristy, 3-258-40 Sakurajosui, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156, JAPAN
Tel: + 81 3 3329 3220
Fax: + 81 3 5317 9217
Email: kasamatu@chs.nihon-u.ac.jp
Fifth international conference of the International society of health and human rights NEW!
3-6 December 1998 in CAPE TOWN
Details from: International society of health and human rights, International secretariat, 96 Grafton Road, London, NW5 3EJ, UK
Tel: + 44 171 813 7777
Fax: + 44 171 813 0011
ESTSS 6th European Conference on Traumatic Stress - Psycho Traumatology, Clinical Practice and Human Rights NEW!
5-8 June 1999 in ISTANBUL
Details from: Birlik Sokak, Akyilidz Sitesi, No 24/B, D7, 1 Levent, Istanbul, TURKEY
Tel: + 90 212 264 37 70
Fax: + 90 212 280 39 61
Email: interium@turk.net