Medical Confidentiality & Privacy: Past, Present and Future
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Description
This 2-day event will encourage participants, from around the UK and abroad, to consider a range of perspectives on medical confidentiality and privacy. It has been designed to enhance understanding of contemporary areas of concern and debate, and of how relevant issues have evolved over time and within different socio-legal contexts. In doing so, the symposium is intended to facilitate positive dialogue, and encourage future collaboration, between experts from different professional backgrounds and academic disciplines.
THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL - please bring your ticket along with you
A full programme can be viewed by clicking here.
Key speakers on Day 1 include: Prof. George Annas (Boston University), Prof. Graeme Laurie (University of Edinburgh), Prof. Jean McHale (University of Birmingham), Dr Emma Cave, (Durham University) , Dr Michael Soljak (Imperial College, London), Dr Janet Murray (Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Caldicott Guardian) and Dr Angus Ferguson (University of Glasgow)
Key s.peakers on Day 2 include: Prof. Amy Fairchild (Columbia University, New York), Prof Sabine Michalowski (University of Essex), Prof. Holger Maehle (Durham University), Jane O'Brien (Head of Standards & Ethics at the GMC 1995-2013), Dr Al Dowie, (University of Glasgow) and Fionnula Flannery (Policy Manager, GMC Standards & Ethics Team).
The event is jointly organised by The University of Glasgow - Centre for the History of Medicine, Economic & Social History, Institute of Health & Wellbeing and Policy Scotland - and Durham University - Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease. It is supported by the Wellcome Trust.
Funding information for travel: The Society for the Social History of Medicine offers a limited number of student bursaries to help cover the costs of attending relevant conferences, such as this symposium. Details of eligibility and how to apply are available via:
http://sshm.org/content/conference-bursaries-students
Undergraduate medical students in the UK can apply to the Institute of Medical Ethics for a conference grant to help meet travel costs. Details available via:
