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Interdisciplinary resources: Is the Principle of Double Effect Still Relevant in End of Life Care?
In January I circulated an email advertising an interdisciplinary meeting held jointly between the Royal Society of Medicine Open Section and the Centre for Biomedicine and Society, following on from the meeting the following resources are available to forster further interdisciplinary networking and research. The meeting was generously sponsored by a KCL Roberts Open postgraduate grant, and Co-chaired by Professor Clare Williams (co-director, CBAS) and Dr Andrew Papanikitas (PhD Student, CBAS)
At the time many people expressed an inteerst in the outcome of the meeting but were unable to attend. With these people and anyone else who is intersted in the topic in mind...
The Presentations may be downloaded as pdfs here
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/onj102.php Meeting Programme, aims and objectives
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/double_effect_jones.pdf (Theology)
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/double_effect_watt.pdf (Natural Law)
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/double_effect_levy.pdf (Neuroethics)
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/double_effect_huxtable.pdf (English Law)
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/double_effect_seale.pdf (Social Science)
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/double_effect_sykes.pdf (Palliative Medicine)
http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/downloads/double_effect_field.pdf (Medical Indemnity)
A summary of the meeting on the KCL website
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/news/cbasconf.html
Webcast presentations from Dr Richard Huxtable and Dr Nigel Sykes on the RSM video channel
http://www.rsmvideos.com/videoPlayer/?vid=47
http://www.rsmvideos.com/videoPlayer/?vid=49
Further meeting: There will be a a 1 day meeting at the RSM on Weds 30th June on the ethics of assisted suicide. see: http://www.rsm.ac.uk/academ/ethics10.php . It aims to be a be high level, even handed and a genuinely good platform for informed debate. speakers include Lord Mackay, Lord Joffe, Lord Carlile & many more.
With all best wishes
Dr Andrew Papanikitas BSc (Hons) MA MBBS DCH MRCGP
PhD Student, Centre for Biomedicine and Society
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/interdisciplinary/cbas/phd/ap.html
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