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Places are still available for the following event
Please note: booking deadline - Tuesday 24th July
The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions (18th Sociology of Health and Illness Monograph) Launch event - Tuesday 4th September 2012 John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, UK
Event outline
10.30 Registration
11.00-11.15 Introductions:
Dr Hannah Bradby, Monographs Editor, Sociology of Health and Illness Editorial Board: Introduction to SHI Monograph series
Dr Natalie Armstrong & Dr Helen Eborall: Introduction to the 18th SHI Monograph: The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions
11.15-12.05 Session 1:
Prof David Armstrong, King's College London - Reflections on 'Screening: mapping medicine's temporal spaces'
Janina Kehr, Universität Zürich - Reflections on 'Inclusion/Exclusion. Tuberculosis screening between social risk and political responsibility in contemporary France and Germany.'
12.05-13.05 Session 2:
Dr Stuart Hogarth, King's College London - 'A molecular monopoly? HPV testing, the Pap smear and the molecularisation of cervical cancer screening in the USA'
Dr Alex Faulkner, King's College London - 'Resisting the screening imperative: patienthood, populations and politics in UK prostate cancer detection technologies'
Dr Ipek Demir, University of Leicester - Discussant
13.05-13.45 Lunch
13.45-14.45 Session 3:
Dr Nete Schwennesen, Steno Health Promotion Center, Denmark - 'Representing and intervening: Doing good care in first trimester prenatal risk assessment'
Prof Stefan Timmermans, UCLA - 'Expanded newborn screening: articulating the ontology of diseases with bridging work in the clinic'
Prof Alison Pilnick, University of Nottingham - Discussant
Q&A
14.45-15.00 Tea
15.00-16.00 Session 4:
Panel discussion
Chairs: Dr Natalie Armstrong & Dr Helen Eborall
Panel:
. Dr Hazel Thornton, Independent Citizen Advocate for Quality in Research and Healthcare
. Dr Anne Mackie, Director, UK National Screening Committee
. Dr Margaret McCartney, GP and author of 'The Patient Paradox - why sexed up medicine is bad for your health'
. Prof David Armstrong, Professor of Medicine and Sociology, King's College London
Discussion topic: what can sociology contribute to contemporary debates about medical screening?
16.00-16.30 Session 5:
Workshop and discussion: Moving forward - next steps for the sociology of screening
16.50-17.00 Closing remarks
Registration fee: £35 (includes refreshments)
To book a place, see: http://shop.le.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?modid=1&prodid=2762&deptid=7&compid=1&prodvarid=0&catid=681
For details, see: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/health-sciences/research/soc-sci/the-sociology-of-medical-screening-critical-perspectives-new-directions-launch-event
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Dr Natalie Armstrong & Dr Helen Eborall
Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) Group Department of Health Sciences University of Leicester 2nd Floor, Adrian Building University Road Leicester LE1 7RH
0116 229 7253/7261
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