[Discussion] BIOETHICS - CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

BIOETHICS - CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITATION FOR PARTICIPATION

This session will explore the myriad of emerging ethical concerns as=20
related to health and medicine from the point of view of social sciences=20
and humanities from its most comprehensive perspective. The concept of=20
ethics and ethical issues in the 21st century. The ethics of the new=20
biotechnology. Bioscience. What are the social consequences of the right=20
to clone human beings? New understandings and dimensions in ethics,=20
including social implications of the human genome project. Policies on=20
embryonic stem cells. What can social scientists say about hospital=20
ethics committees? Sanctity of life versus quality of life: ongoing=20
debates and different cultural experiences of euthanasia. Issues related=20
to organ donations and the moral basis of organ transplantation without=20
brain death. Socioeconomic resources and the ethics of resource=20
allocation. Social consequences of the collapse of buildings and other=20
man-made accidents will also be examined. Please find updated=20
information as regards the meeting at the IFSSH website=20
http://www.ifssh.net.
The International Forum for Social Sciences and Health (IFSSH) welcomes=20
applications from scholars, administrators, researchers, interested=20
parties, international agencies, national and international research=20
institutions and students for participation in the 2005 World Congress=20
=1CHEALTH CHALLENGES OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM=1D. The 2005 World Congress=20
aims to realize a universal platform for reflections and forward-looking=20
discussions in all important areas that fall under the health social=20
science agenda. The world congress will host workshop sessions under the=20
following themes: Accidents and disabilities; Adolescent health;=20
Bioethics; Bioterror and weapons of mass destruction; Child health,=20
development and child rights; Health consequences of war; Communicating=20
health knowledge and behavior; Controversies of diet and nutrition;=20
Developing economies, migration and emerging health issues; Ecohealth:=20
climate change, health consequences of environmental deterioration and=20
environmental policies; Ethnobotany and healing; Giving birth: new=20
meanings, new statistics; Health and disease in world myths, scripts and=20
literature; Health clubs and the new aesthetics of health; Health=20
equity; Health social science research methodology; Health sector reform=20
and health insurance; Health, medicine and colonialism; Human rights,=20
HIV/AIDS and the new epidemics; Infectious diseases; Issues in rural=20
health and disease; Life styles; Living with pain; Local traditions of=20
healing and shamans; New challenges: smoking, addictions and eating=20
disorders; Politics of pharmacueticals; Redefining old age; Reproductive=20
health; Social history of health and disease; Social science education=20
for health sciences; Sociology of dental health; Suicides and cross=20
cultural issues in mental health; The economics of well being; The=20
future of hospitals and patient care; The psychology of violence;=20
Violence as a public health issue; and Social aspects and prevention of=20
world blindness. Please find updated information as regards the meeting=20
at the IFSSH website http://www.ifssh.net. We invite you to join this=20
interdisciplinary gathering of the experiences and perspectives of=20
social scientists and health specialists for a crucial assessment of the=20
human condition at the onset of the new millennium.
Prof. Dr. Akile G=FCrsoy
IFSSH Secretary General
Head, Department of Anthropology
Yeditepe University
Congress Correspondence:
2005 IFSSH Congress Center
Department of Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Yeditepe University
Kay?s,dag(?,34755 Istanbul T=DCRKI.YE
Tel: (+ 90) 216-578 07 27)
Fax: (+ 90) 216-578 08 99)
E-mail: ifssh.2005@yeditepe.edu.tr
ifssh@ifssh.net
http://www.ifssh.net