Bioethics put in focus at Union College conference Apr 7, 2008
More than 150 bioethics students have gathered at the college for the National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference. It's the first time the conference has been held at a liberal arts school rather than a large university. (Albany Times Union)
Union College hosting national bioethics conference Mar 30, 2008
The 11th annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference is scheduled for April 4-5. The topic of this year's event, held at in Schenectady, is "The Human Use of Human Beings in Medicine and Science.". (Albany Business Review, NY)
Lawyers, scientists urge ethics in biological advances Feb 13, 2007
Rapid advances in biotechnology must constantly take into account far-reaching ethical and moral decisions, scientists and ethics experts said Saturday at Boston College's 30th Annual Bioethics Conference. Lawyers, philosophers, science professors and students discussed the health laws and ethics of using new biological technology in a forum hosted by BC's Mendel Society, a pre-health club that addresses bioethics issues. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
HMSA grants aid health initiatives Sep 9, 2006
The fund supported an international bioethics conference last month at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel called "Medical Malpractice: Understanding the Law, Managing the Risk.". Sutter Health Pacific (Kahi Mohala), $50,000 over five years, to support the Challenge Course Community Access Program, a recreational therapy resource in the community. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
American College of Cardiology Aug 15, 2006
Jack Lewin, a former director for the who is now CEO of the , will address the 2006 International Bioethics Conference this week in Hawaii. Lewin, recently appointed CEO of the , will speak on tort reform, organizing doctors and handling wayward doctors. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Expert backs right-to-die talk Aug 5, 2006
He will give free community lectures in Honolulu and Hilo and participate in a bioethics conference at St. Francis Medical Center ... Colby also will participate in the St. Francis Medical Center's Bioethics Conference from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Thursday in the St. Francis Weinberg Medical Pavilion. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Legalising euthanasia 'hurts disabled' Jul 7, 2006
Mr Cocks, director of Queensland Advocacy Incorporated, told the 2006 Australasian Bioethics Conference in Brisbane that the debate was dangerous for the disabled because the public generally believed they had a poor quality of life. "Many of the arguments in favour of voluntary euthanasia are informed by negative assumptions about the lives of people with disability," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Aussies not keen on eternal life: study Jul 4, 2006
The preliminary results of his study, to be presented at the 2006 Australasian Bioethics Conference in Brisbane this week, show people are more concerned with ethical and moral issues than generally assumed. "Of course you've got lots of interest in the concept, but people are more measured than you'd expect," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Animal-to-human transplant health fears Jul 4, 2006
"We still really don't know a lot about viruses in animals so we really don't know what could happen," said Ms Cook, who will address the 2006 Australasian Bioethics Conference in Brisbane this week. "If the disease stays with the individual then there's really no danger, but if it adapts and start spreading from human to human we've got a massive health epidemic on our hands.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Michael, Terri's guardian ad litem, neurologist also guest speakers Apr 30, 2006
The probate judge who ordered the dehydration death of brain-injured Terri Schiavo will join Michael Schiavo and other key proponents of her death as a guest speaker at a bioethics conference ... "Judge Greer's presence at the University of Pennsylvania's bioethics conference is not only outright offensive and inappropriate but it is indicative of his own biases against the disabled, and may well be in violation of Florida's judicial canons as prescribed by the Supreme Court of the State of... (WorldNetDaily)
Stem Cell Research in the Spotlight at United Nations Bioethics Conference Apr 18, 2006
U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Stem Cell Research in the Spotlight at United Nations Bioethics Conference". (US Newswire)
