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2014 DOHaD Conference

Together towards Tomorrow: The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

You are invited to the launch and first meeting of the ‘DOHaD’ Society of Australia and New Zealand which is being held in Perth on April 9-10th 2014. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the PSANZ (Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand which is being held on April 6-9th, 2014).

The one and half day meeting will celebrate the launch of the society, and bring together researchers from many disciplines - all with a common goal of promoting health and reducing chronic disease burden through collaborative preventive strategies, beginning in early life.

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 Perth April 9-10
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DOHaD Society of Australia and New Zealand

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)

Discussions are underway to develop an Australian and New Zealand network of researchers, clinicians and health workers to promote health and reduce chronic disease burden through collaborative preventive strategies in early life.

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New Event

Taking Over the Asylum:  New approaches to autonomy and capacity in mental illness in the era of disability rights.

Speaker: Sascha Callaghan

The law of involuntary treatment for mental illness is currently based on presence of illness and risk of harm.  Sascha argues that this approach is counterproductive, discriminatory and denies persons with mental illness a basic right to autonomy, which she suggests would be better met by focussing on the capacities of persons with mental illness to make their own decisions and supporting those capacities wherever possible.  Sascha further suggests that the “right to autonomy” is essential not just in abstract rights terms, but because autonomy is necessary to human dignity and our sense of self worth.  These things are a basic condition for human flourishing and for recovery from mental illness.

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 27 May 2013

Publication Leeder S. Don’t bury the benefits of research to improve the health system, The Conversation, 9 April 2013. 9 April 2013