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Regulating biomedicine conference

Dates and Times
Tuesday 25th July 2006
10am - 5pm

Location
Leeds Social Science Institute
Beech Grove House
University of Leeds
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Notes and Other Info

Registration is free. Please contact Marie Ross (m.b.ross@leeds.ac.uk) by Monday 10th July if you wish to attend.

Date Posted // Date Posted - 12th June 2006
 
Agenda

This one-day international conference brings together scholars with an interest in the practical implications of new forms of regulation and audit in health care and biomedical research.

Agenda

10.00 - 10.30

Registration

10.30 – 10.45

Introduction

Prof. Anne Kerr, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Leeds

10.45-11.30

Co-optation, commodification and the medical model

Prof. Stephen Harrison, National Primary Care R&D Centre, Univ. of Manchester

11.30 – 12.15

Bodies of knowledge, knowledge of bodies: Doctors’ reflections on changing practice

Dr. Sarah Nettleton, Department of Social Policy, Univ. of York

12.15 - 1.15

Lunch

1.15 – 2.00

Regulating biotherapeutics

Prof. Janice Graham Department of Bioethics, Univ. of Dalhousie, Canada

2.00 – 2.45

Egg Procurement for stem cell research: old obstacles and new alliances in the campaign for global regulation

Prof. Diane Beeson, Department of Sociology and Social Services, California State Univ.

3.00 – 3.45

Assisted conception in the audit society

Prof. Anne Kerr, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Leeds

3.45 – 4.30

Ethicsin practice: family and staff views on tumour banking for childhood cancer research

Dr. MaryDixon-Woods, Dept Health Sciences, Univ. of Leicester

4.30 - 5.00

Conclusions


 

Papers to be discussed

 

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