Saturday 12 February 2005
10.30am - 5.45pm
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The Museum of London, London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN (Barbican tube)
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TICKETS: institutional rate £70, individual rate £40 (£30 concession), IoI Associate rate £30 (£25 concession)
BOOKING: credit/debit card 020 7269 9220/9224 or by cheque payable to Academy of Ideas Ltd and sent to Academy of Ideas Ltd, Signet House, 49-51 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JP
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Great strides in science and medicine have improved our capacity to treat and cure serious illnesses. Our standard of living has improved as has our ability to live a long and active life.
Yet we worry incessantly about the food we eat, the air we breathe, the amount of exercise we take and the number of vitamins we ingest. We scrutinise our bodies and minds for signs of malaise. Why are we so troubled by our health - and what can be done to make it better?
This event is not organised or funded by the Science in Society programme. Any detail relating to it contained on this site is provided for information only.
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10.30 - 11.45 OPENING PLENARY: HEALTH OBSESSIONS
Lecture by: Frank Furedi, professor of sociology, University of Kent and author of Therapy Culture, Routledge 2003
Respondents:
- Dr Presley Reed, Reed group and the Medical Disability Advisor
- Dr Sophie Petit-Zeman, Director of Public Dialogue, Association of Medical Research Charities
12.00 - 1.15 HAVE WE LOST FAITH IN SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE?
WORKSHOP 1: Patient Power - progress or politicisation?
- Professor Peter Beresford, Director of the Centre for Citizen Participation, Brunel University; Chair of Shaping Our Lives and member of INVOLVE
- Mike Bury, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of London, author Health and Illness, forthcoming
- Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, GP and author of MMR and Autism: What parents need to know, Routledge 2004
- Dr James Le Fanu, Daily Telegraph
WORKSHOP 2: The fall of scientific medicine?
- Jerome Burne, medical and science journalist for the national press
- Dr Eliot Forster, vice president of development for Pfizer Global Research and Development
- Joe Kaplinsky, science writer and technology analyst
- Dr Toby Murcott, science broadcaster and author of The Whole Story:
Alternative Medicine On Trial?, MacMillan, forthcoming
2.30 - 3.45 AWARENESS OR ANXIETY?
WORKSHOP 1: Cancer: are we too aware?
- Michael Baum, professor emeritus of surgery and visiting professor of medical humanities UCL
- Hazel Thornton, independent advocate for quality in research and healthcare
- Dr Muir Gray, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford
WORKSHOP 2: Informed choice: whose evidence do we trust?
- Professor Hugh Pennington, president of the Society for General Microbiology, author When Food Kills
- Dr Margaret McCartney, Glasgow GP and health writer
- Tracey Brown, Director of Sense About Science and author of the Working Party's report, Peer Review and the Acceptance of New Scientific Ideas.
4.15 - 5.45 CLOSING PLENARY: FROM PUBLIC HEALTH TO BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION
- Professor Sian Griffiths, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford
- Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, GP and author of MMR and Autism: What parents need to know, Routledge 2004
- Alastair McCapra, The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
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