Titel: End of Life Decisions: Ethics in clinical practice, research and policy

Termin: 8.6.2009 bis 9.6.2009

Veranstaltungsort:
Seglarhotellet
Sandhamn
Sweden

Weitere Informationen:
www.crb.uu.se/symposia/2009/

Kurzbeschreibung: Clinical ethics is a multi-disciplinary and multi-professional field. We invite scholars and professionals to participate in a research symposium that focuses on end of life decisions such as shifting focus from curative to palliative treatment, how clinical research at the end of life can be improved and the role policy documents play in clinical practice.

In clinical practice, doctors and nurses must make difficult decisions regarding withdrawal of treatment after considering medical benefit, patient autonomy, and sometimes the role played by the patient’s family. Clinical research raises another set of questions. How do we distinguish between health care practice and research activities? How do we deal with information and consent in emergency situations or when the dying patient can be randomized only after losing consciousness? These questions are also challenges for policy makers that need to protect patients and research subjects, and at the same time facilitate research developments that improve health care practices that in turn provide better treatment and care for future patients.

Kontakt: Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics
Uppsala Science Park
751 85 Uppsala
Sweden
Tel.: +46 - 18 - 6 11 22 96
Fax: +46 - 18 - 50 64 04
crb@crb.uu.se
http://www.crb.uu.se/

Veranstalter: Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics at Uppsala University

Schlagworte: Ärztliches Ethos, Arzt-Patient-Verhältnis, Lebensende, Lebensverlängerung, Medizinische Ethik, Pflegeethik, Pfleger-Patient-Verhältnis