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If you are based on the island of Ireland, or are a frequent visitor to it, and are working on health law and ethics, you might wish to attend the meeting of this scholarly network. ‘Health law and ethics’ are understood broadly. The Network is co-convened by Dr Mark Flear (Queen’s University Belfast) and Professor David Smith (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland).

The meeting is scheduled as follows:

Houston Lecture Theatre

10:00-17:00 13 December 2019 (precise timings are subject to change)

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

123 St Stephens Green 2

Ireland
 

To register your interest in attending or presenting a paper, please get in touch with Dr Ivanka Antova, Organising Officer, at I.Antova@qub.ac.uk, marking the email ‘Health Law and Ethics Network’. Proposals for papers should provide a title and be accompanied with an abstract of not more than 300 words.

The deadline for registration of attendance and submission of paper proposals is Friday 29 November 2019.

As many papers as possible will be accommodated. The final meeting schedule will be determined by the total number of papers presented.

NEW TRENDS IN HEALTH SYSTEMS & PATIENTS´ RIGHTS (5th edition)  
The fifth edition of this specialized workshop provides an overview of different issues to enhance the preparation of participants. It is focused on both theoretical and practical aspects of health systems and health law exploring current legal and policy issues which impact on the rights and responsibilities of patients, health providers, and policy makers.

The workshop is addressed to participants with different backgrounds such as healthcare practitioners, policy makers, health lawyers, nurses, and other interested people in health systems and patients´ rights.

Seminar is free of charge for the workforce of the public health system of Cantabria and universities of the Cantabria International Campus (Universidad de Cantabria-UC- and Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo-UIMP-). Fee waivers for registration and/or scholarships for accommodation can be also granted on request from interested people. 

Since the seminar will be developed in an interactive way, only a maximum number of 25 participants will be admitted to the workshop. Reading materials will be delivered and a certificate will be issued to participants. You can email to proyectos1@idival.org or joaquin.cayon@unican.es for further information. The seminar will be held in English at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (Campus Las Llamas) Avda. Los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain. Link to registration form.

Click here to download Scientific Program.

Vacancy for a full-time doctoral student in health law.

More information can be found here: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55238344?hl=en&lang=en

From May 11-14, 2020 the 14th UNESCO Chair in Bioethics World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law will take place in Porto, Portugal.

For further information please check the conference website at http://bioethics-porto2020.com/