Provincial Health Ethics Network Annual Conference and General Meeting

May 4, 2007

Capri Hotel, Red Deer, Alberta

Agenda

Traditionally, the field of health ethics has devoted much of its energy to addressing complex issues arising in healthcare. Yet beyond the fold of traditional health ethics lies a wide swath of issues often relegated to secondary status: ethics and the determinants of health, environmental ethics, animal rights, global ethics and the ethics of marginalized populations, to cite a few. The conference will provide an opportunity to explore a number of these issues and offer suggestions on ways of addressing them.


9:00am

Opening Remarks

 

9:05 - 10:05

Where Monty Python Meets Health Ethics: Are We Doing the Right Stuff?
Alice Dreger, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

 

10:05 - 10:35

Discussion Session

  • What are the most significant ethical issues facing the biosphere today?
  • Has the field of health ethics addressed these issues?
  • Is there a need for health ethics to change or expand its focus?
  • If so, in what ways, and how can this be achieved?
 

10:35 - 10:55

Break

 

10:55 - 11:55

When Some Are More Equal Than Others: Health Ethics From a Global Perspective
Jim Dwyer, State University of New York, Centre for Bioethics & Humanities

 

11:55 - 1:25

Lunch
Annual General Meeting, Provincial Health Ethics Network

 

1:25 - 2:25

Concurrent Sessions:

Inequalities in Health: Which Ones Should We Care About?
Dan Wikler, Harvard School of Public Health

Making Connections: Health Ethics and Environmental Ethics
Jim Dwyer, State University of New York, Centre for Bioethics & Humanities

 

2:25 - 3:10

Theme Café Tables
Conference participants are invited to join one group of 8-10 other participants in a facilitated discussion around one of the following topics:

  • Ethics & Animals
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Ethics & Marginalized Populations
  • Ethics & Population Health
  • Global Ethics
  • From Discussion to Action: Impacting Change Through Dialogue in Health Ethics
  • Ethics & Disability
  • Relational Ethics
  • Organizational Ethics
For each topic, a short article will be made available by PHEN as pre-reading. While reading the distributed article in advance is recommended, it will not be a requirement for joining any of the discussions.

Summaries from the discussions will be compiled, posted on the PHEN website, and submitted to the PHEN Board & Council for consideration in their strategic planning and program implementation.
 

3:10 - 3:30

Break

 

3:30 - 4:30

Ethics & Population Health: A Bird's Eye View of Health Ethics
Dan Wikler, Harvard School of Public Health