I thought colleagues might be interested in this event taking place in
Edinburgh during the weekend.
(I’m doing a discussion on the Sunday night after the film Pig Heart Boy and
I’d be delighted to see MeCCSA people!)
http://www.filmhousecinema.com/TheEthicsofTransplantation.html
THE ETHICS OF TRANSPLANTATION FILM FESTIVAL.
10-12 November 2006
Edinburgh Filmhouse
A three-day biomedical ethics film festival will be taking place in
Edinburgh between the 10th – 12th of November 2006 relating to the ethics of
transplantation, organ sales/trafficking and using animal organs for
transplantation (xenotransplantation). The themes of each day will include:
➢ Friday 10th of November 2006 (Transplantation Day),
➢ Saturday 11th November 2006 (Organ Sales/Trafficking Day),
➢ Sunday 12th November 2006 (Use of Animal Organs - Xenotransplantation
Day).
During this event, short films, documentaries and drama-fiction films will
be presented, during the afternoons and evenings, all supporting reflection
on the subject of transplantation (including Pig Heart Boy, Coma and 21
Grams). At the end of each film, a discussion will be taking place with a
panel of 3-4 invited biomedical and bioethics experts in addition to
politicians. This will encourage and support participating members of the
general public to engage in an informed and useful discussion, with one
another and the experts, concerning some of the important ethical issues
being raised by the films. All members of the public are warmly invited to
attend.
The film festival is organised in partnership with
(1) the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics,
(2) the Edinburgh Filmhouse and
(3) the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland Branch of the BA (the British
Association for the Advancement of Science).
For more information or to book any of the films please check out the
Filmhouse website at www.filmhousecinema.com
Please feel free to forward this information to colleagues or student who
you feel would also be interested. If you would be willing to place hard
copies of flyers where others might see them this would be greatly
appreciated.
Andy Miah, Ph.D. | [log in to unmask]
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Editorial Board, Health Care Analysis
Editorial Board, Genomics, Society and Policy
Just Published:
Miah, A. (2005), 'Genetics, cyberspace and bioethics: why not a public
engagement with ethics?' Public Understanding of Science, 14, 4, 409-421.
Recent:
Miah, A. (2006). Doctor, Can you fix my broken heart?, Journal of Medical
Humanities, online first at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10912-006-9012-y
Current:
http://www.posthumanism.org.uk | http://cybermedicine.blogspot.com
http://www.gspjournal.com | http://www.paisley.ac.uk/mlm
Author of Genetically Modified Athletes (2004, Routledge):
http://www.GMathletes.net
Fellow in Visions of Utopia and Dystopia
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) | http://ieet.org
Lecturer in Media, Bioethics and Cyberculture
University of Paisley, Ayr Campus, KA8 OSR, Scotland, UK.
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