Public Health Ethics Conference
16th to 18th May 2007 Birmingham University Conference Park
First call for papers
This conference aims to address this area of debate by bringing
together philosophers and ethicists, public health practitioners, policy
makers and social scientists. Much contemporary discussion of public
health ethics is influenced by traditional bioethics and not by more
recent ethical and philosophical debate about public health. The aim of
this conference is to situate debates about ethical practice in public
health firmly within such a context and also within public health
practice. The aims of the conference are:
* to examine how ethics is applied in practice
* to identify philosophical and practical lessons for the further
development of public health ethics
The conference will have a focus on the UK but will address comparative
and international aspects of public health ethics where relevant.
Key speakers at the conference are:
Professor Ross Upshur, Director of Joint Bio-Ethics Centre, University
of Toronto.
Dr Stephen Holland, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy,
University of York.
Professor Alan Cribb Professor of Bioethics and Education, Centre for
Public Policy Research, King*s College London.
There will be a number of paper sessions and we are inviting proposals
for papers from public health practitioners and academics that address
ethical issues in public health practice and policy. The organisers
particularly welcome discussions of how ethics are applied in practice.
Abstracts (no longer than 300 words) should be sent to Stephen Peckham,
Department of Public Health Policy, London School of Hygiene, Keppel
Street, London, WC1E 7HT. ([log in to unmask]). Closing date
for abstracts is 31st January 2007. Notification of acceptance will be
given by mid March 2007.
If you would like to receive further details of the conference please
send your contact details to: [log in to unmask] . Further
details of the conference and registration forms will be available in
January 2007. It is hoped to make some discounted places available for
research students
Stephen Peckham
Senior Lecturer in Health Service Delivery and Organisation
Department of Public Health and Policy
London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine
Keppel Street,
LONDON WC1E 7HT
Tel: 020 7927 2023
Fax: 020 7612 7843
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