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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
"Planning Later Life - Bioethics and Politics in Ageing Societies"
July 10th - 12th 2013 in Göttingen (Germany)
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Medicine has become a central element in planning and shaping
human life. Especially the second half of life turns into a focus of
individual and political planning and decision making in the light of
various medical and health care policy scenarios. On the one hand,
old age is often perceived as a problem and an increasing burden for
medicine, care providers and social security systems dealing with
growing populations of persons living with fragility and dementia. On
the other hand, new diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive options in
the field of preventive medicine and anti-aging encourage the idea of
self-determined ageing that is to be prudently modeled and actively
shaped.
The aim of the international conference Planning Later Life -
Bioethics and Politics in Ageing Societies is to critically reflect the
relevance of modern medicine in shaping the lives and situations of
elderly persons today. It discusses and contrasts the ethical, social
and political consequences of demographic change in the field of
medicine and health care as well as the implications of the rise of
anti-aging medicine and prevention and recent trends in dementia
research and care. The conference is interdisciplinary, combining
perspectives from ethics, sociology, cultural anthropology and nursing
sciences. Confirmed keynote speakers are Norman Daniels
(Harvard), John Harris (Manchester), Otfried Höffe (Tübingen),
Francois Höpflinger (Zürich), Sharon Kaufman (San Francisco),
Stephen Katz (Trent), S. Jay Olshansky (Chicago), Dieter Sturma
(Bonn), Nancy Jecker (Washington) and Jason Powell (Lancashire).
Apart from the plenary sessions, there will be open thematic parallel
sections discussing the changing images of old age between
autonomy and dependency, the evidence and benefits of anti-aging
and prevention, problems of personal identity and dementia as well as
solidarity and social responsibility in future healthcare policies.
Contributions in form of oral presentations of 20 minutes are invited.
Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words, highlighting
question, methods and results of your research, to
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peer review.
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