VELiM News and Events - 1996-2011
2011 News
Congratulations to Dr Stacy Carter!
Congratulations to Dr Stacy Carter for being successful in being awarded an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (2012-2015). Stacy’s project is The Ethics of Prevention and Health Promotion.
In addition, Stacy has been awarded the Visiting Fellowship in Public Health Ethics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) for 2012. Stacy will join the LSHTM International Programme for Ethics, Public Health and Human Rights for 4-12 weeks. LSHTM is one of the oldest (since 1899) and best-known schools of public health in the world and one of the highest-rated research institutions in the UK; the Fellowship is a chance to create a public health ethics partnership between VELiM and the LSHTM.
Kathleen Montgomery Receives Exceptional Service Award
Kathleen Montgomery, one of our outstanding associates, received the Academy of Management’s Health Care’s Myron D Fottler Exceptional Service Award at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy in San Antonio. Kathleen received a standing ovation at the award and was very gracious and generous in acknowledging her time spent at VELiM.
Professor Warwick Anderson Wins an ARC Laureate Fellowship, 10 August 2011
Congratulations to Professor Warwick Anderson, who is a University of Sydney Professorial Research Fellow in both the Department of History and at VELiM. Warwick has just been awarded an ARC Laureate Fellowship! Only 17 Laureate Fellowships were awarded in this round.
Warwick’s Laureate project ‘Southern racial conceptions: comparative histories and contemporary legacies’ aims to reveal intense scientific debate about what it meant to be human in the southern hemisphere during the twentieth century, placing Australian racial thought in a new context. Through comparative study, it shows the distinctive character and scope of racial ideas in southern settler societies, and assesses their global impact.
The Australian reported on the awards today in an article within the Higher Education section entitled “Fellowships reward shining stars”. Further information can be found on the ARC website.
2011 Events
A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP: REPRODUCING NORMALITY: DISABILITY, PRENATAL TESTING AND BIOETHICS
In the past thirty years, prenatal testing of the fetus has become increasingly common practice in pregnancy. Prenatal testing ranges from non-invasive techniques such as routine ultrasound and emerging methods of fetal DNA testing, to more invasive technologies such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling. It may also include the use of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis within IVF practices.
While few women pursue a pregnancy without encountering some form of prenatal testing – most usually, ultrasound and associated fetoplacental hormone tests in the first trimester of pregnancy – the ethical issues that arise from this are far from resolved. The raison d’etre of prenatal testing is to detect fetal anomalies. This enables– and requires – women (and their partners) to make choices about whether to continue a pregnancy or not. In doing so, these technologies prompt difficult questions about the ethics of selective and late terminations of pregnancy on the basis of fetal anomalies.
For instance, does selective termination on the basis of disability entail a conflict between women’s reproductive autonomy and disability rights? Does the legal criterion of “serious disability” provide adequate guidance for determining when it is permissible to terminate a pregnancy? How do perceptions of normal bodies, and ideas about the social and moral importance of normality, affect reproduction and its ethics?
This workshop addresses these questions and others raised by prenatal testing. The presenters articulate new ways of thinking about disability and the impacts of prenatal testing. Speakers include eminent scholars from the disciplines of bioethics, disability studies, law, philosophy and sociology. This interdisciplinary forum sets the stage for new theoretical and applied approaches to the ethics of prenatal testing and disability.
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Room 104, Law School Annex, University of Sydney
Convenor: Dr Catherine Mills, VELiM and Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
Speakers include:
- Dr Tom Shakespeare (WHO)
- Professor Isabel Karpin (UTS)
- Dr Kristin Savell (Sydney)
- Dr Catherine Mills (Sydney)
- Dr Jackie Leach Scully (Newcastle, UK)
- Dr Robert Sparrow (Monash)
- Professor Clare Williams (Brunel)
DOING DRUGS: THE ETHICS, ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDICINES POLICY
A one-day symposium, Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, Level 3 , Eastern Auditorium, University of Sydney
Medicines play an important role in the prevention and treatment of many diseases. At the same time, however, they can have serious adverse effects (>140,000 Australians are admitted to hospital every year for problems related to medicine) and are expensive (PBS expenditure in 2009 was $7679.3 million). The principal challenge, therefore, is to design systems and policies that enable equitable access to the medicines that people need, that ensure their safety and quality, and that do so at a cost that individuals and the community can afford. This is not straightforward task, however, and around the globe governments struggle to respond to global economic constraints, increasing drug costs, rapid developments in biotechnology-based pharmaceuticals, aging populations, changes to intellectual property rights, changing consumer expectations, and the globalisation of clinical research and drug development.
This symposium, which is presented by the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, The Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics and the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney and the Australian Institute of Health Innovation at the University of NSW, addresses some of the challenges confronting the development of medicines policy in Australian and internationally. Speakers include eminent scholars from a range of disciplines, including public health, pharmacology, sociology, health economics, bioethics, politics and consumer advocacy.
Speakers include:
- Emeritus Professor Anthony Smith
- Dr Ken Harvey
- Dr Hans Lofgren
- Associate Professor Philip Clark
- Associate Professor Barbara Mintzes
- Dr Evan Doran
- Dr Wendy Lipworth
THE ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS (ELSI) PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
A Presentation by Professor Karen Rothenberg, Thursday 10 November 2011
Level 4 Staff Room, New Law School
The Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (Sydney Medical School) and The Centre for Health Law, Ethics and Clinical Governance (Sydney Law School) invite you to this presentation by Professor Rothenberg at 11.00 am on 10 November.
Professor Rothenberg is a leading national expert on legal issues in health care. Over the last decade she has focused her research primarily on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic testing and research, including the legislative approaches to genetic information in the health insurance and employment context, the impact of genetic research on racial and ethnic populations and women’s health care, and the use of genetic information in the courtroom. Professor Rothenberg is co-editor of the text Women and Prenatal Testing: Facing the Challenges of Genetic Technology and co-author of five articles on genetics and public policy that have been published in the journal Science, the most recent of which is “Judging Genes: When Should Judges Admit or Compel Genetic Tests?” Her other research interests include health insurance, privacy, the role of gender in health care, AIDS, research ethics, the right to forego treatment, emergency care, and new reproductive technologies.
Launch of the Clinical Ethics Resource, Monday 26 September
The Centre for Health Governance, Law & Ethics and the Centre for Values, Ethics & Law in Medicine are pleased to present the website launch of the Clinical Ethics Resource, sponsored by NSW Health. The Clinical Ethics Resource will be launched by Dr Greg Stewart, Acting Deputy Director General of NSW Health.
The launch will feature a presentation by Professor Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, and Director for the Program on Ethics and New Biosciences in the James Martin 21st Century School. Professor Julian Savulescu will discuss The Futility of Futility.
The launch will take place in the Foyer of the Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, between 6.30 and 8.00 pm on Monday the 26th of September. All are welcome, but registration is essential.
The 2011 John Mc Phee Memorial Seminar
The 2011 John Mc Phee Memorial Seminar takes place at the Lecture Theatre, Royal Newcastle Centre, on Monday the 5th of September at 6.30 pm.
This year's guest speaker is Professor David Currow, who will present "Lane Change: From Curative to Palliative Care.
Qualitative Health Research in Difficult Contexts, 3 June 2011
Qualitative Health Research in Difficult Contexts is a full day workshop consisting of researcher-led panels covering research in community, institutional and international settings. Speakers will share examples of hazards, unforseen hurdles and even unresolvable situations that often occur in qualitative research settings, as well as strategies for dealing with these.
Participants are encouraged to ask questions throughout, and to bring their own experience-based questions to a final panel discussion.
Facilitators: Dr Julie Mooney-Somers, University of Sydney, & Dr Anna Olsen, University of New South Wales
Time: 9am - 4.15pm
Venue: Medical Foundation Building Auditorium
Cost: Free
Enquiries: Dr Julie Mooney-Somers, 9036 3412, or email.
Download the Difficult Contexts flyer here
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Law Workshop, 25 February 2011
Associate Professors Cameron Stewart and Ian Kerridge welcome your attendance at the Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Law Workshop, hosted by
The University of Sydney
The Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine
The Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics
The Sydney Children’s Hospital
9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Friday, 25th of February 2011
at the Law Foyer, Level 2 of the New Law Building, Sydney Law School,
Main campus of the University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW
Speakers include:
Professor David Weisbrot, CoRE of Legal Governance Macquarie University.
Paper title: The Ethical, Legal & Social Implications of UCB Banking: Important Lessons from the Experience with DNA Biobanks
Professor Loane Skene, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Paper title: Development of stem cells and umbilical cord blood banking
Professor Paul Komesaroff, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University.
Paper title: Wrong Direction: racial discrimination and cord blood donation
Professor Dianne Nicol, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania
Paper title: Tissue banking and the law
A/Prof Cameron Stewart, Centre for Health Governance Law and Ethics, University of Sydney
Paper title: Property issues, contracts, trusts, torts and umbilical cord blood
A/Prof Ian Kerridge, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney.
Paper title: Data from NHMRC Research Project: Ethical and legal issues surrounding the decision-making process for donating and banking umbilical cord blood.
Lunch, morning and afternoon tea refreshments will be provided.
For catering purposes please confirm your attendance by Monday 21st February 2011.
If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please contact Dr Maree Porter via email at , or telephone 02 9036 3419.
2010 Events
Women's Reproductive Rights: Selves, Others, Bodies
A Human Rights and Democratisation Special Lecture, Tuesday 2 November 2010
For decades the phrase ‘women’s reproductive rights’ served as a rallying cry for assertions of women’s right to control their own fertility, including decisions about the number and spacing of their children. Numerous states have explicitly stated their rejection of any obligation to work towards the realization of these rights for women, prompting the question of how to overcome their reluctance. The issue has been complicated by the emergence of: ‘human rights’ as the framework within which women’s claims are increasingly understood, by the ‘globalisation of motherhood’, and the development of technologies that have facilitated markets in baby-making. Presenter Yasmine Ergas considers the implications for the decision-making capacity of men and women as to when and how to reproduce, and the consequences for women’s control over their own bodies.
Presented by Yasmine Ergas, Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University.
Co-presented with the Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia Pacific) Program, the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM), and the Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL), at the University of Sydney.
Date: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Time: 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Venue: Law School Lecture Theatre 106, Eastern Avenue, Camperdown Campus, the University of Sydney
Free event, no booking or registration required.
Symposium: Crime or Care? Thursday 28 October 2010, 2-5pm
This half-day symposium, jointly presented by the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine and the Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics, University of Sydney, is devoted to the discussion of the complex problems that arise when the law of homicide is applied to end-of-life-care. This seminar is essential for health care professionals and lawyers working in the end-of-life context.
The venue is the Medical Foundation Building Auditorium, 92-94 Parramatta Road, Camperdown. RSVP
For further information
"Wrong Side of the Bus" screening
Wallace Theatre, University of Sydney on Tuesday June 22nd at 6pm
“Melbourne psychiatrist Sidney Bloch returns to South Africa, the country of his birth, with his teenage son. Sid has been plagued by guilt for “not doing enough” when segregation was introduced during the apartheid era more than 40 years ago. Now he’s in search of forgiveness. As a young medical student Sid Bloch sat with black South Africans on the ‘wrong side of the bus’ when segregation was introduced, but his protest was short-lived and his guilt over his inactivity is compounded by his heritage: he's the son of Lithuanian-Jews persecuted by the Nazis. More than 40 years later he reunites with his South African fellow students, and meets political activists and ex-prisoners including a hero of the freedom movement Albie Sachs. These encounters challenge and help him to make peace with his own conscience.” ABC Compass
The Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM) invites you to be part of the audience for the screening of “Wrong Side of the Bus” and join in the discussion following the film with Professor Sidney Bloch, Professor Raimond Gaita, Dr Danielle Celermajer, and the film’s producer Rod Freedman.
This event is free and will take place in the Wallace Theatre at the University of Sydney on Tuesday June 22nd at 6pm.
Discussants:
Sidney Bloch is currently Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Adjunct Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Health and Society, and Senior Fellow, School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Melbourne. Professor Bloch is also Honorary Senior Psychiatrist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
He was chief editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry for 13 years and Associate Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry for 10 years.
Professor Bloch has published 13 books several of which have been brought out in new editions and/or have been translated (Japanese, Spanish, Hindi, Russian, Ukrainian Italian, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Turkish, German, Dutch, Portuguese and Hebrew): Russia’s Political Hospitals (1977) won the Manfred Guttmacher Award of the American Psychiatric Association in 1978 for the best book published in forensic psychiatry; Soviet Psychiatric Abuse (1984); An Introduction to the Psychotherapies – 4th Edition (2006); What is Psychotherapy? (1982); Psychiatric Ethics – 4th Edition (2009); Therapeutic Factors in Group Psychotherapy (1985); Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry – 3rd Edition (2007); The Family in Clinical Psychiatry (1994); Codes of Ethics and the Professions (1994); Understanding Troubled Minds (1997) (a new edition in preparation); Family Caregivers: Disability, Illness and Ageing (1988); Family-focused Grief Therapy (2002); and An Anthology of Psychiatric Ethics (2006) which won a “commendation prize” from the British Medical Association in 2007.
Raimond Gaita is Foundation Professor of Philosophy at ACU and Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College London. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Professor Gaita's main research interests and publications have been in ethics. He has also worked and written on scepticism, on the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of psychology, and on aspects of political philosophy. He has contributed extensively to public discussion about reconciliation, collective responsibility, the role of moral considerations in politics, genocide and the alleged uniqueness of the Holocaust, and the plight of the universities.
His publications include A Common Humanity: Thinking about Love & Truth & Justice, Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, The Philosopher’s Dog, and the Quarterly Essay Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics. But he is perhaps best known to the general reader as the author of the prize-winning memoir, Romulus, My Father which was recently made into an award winning film starring Eric Bana.
Danielle Celermajer is director of the Asia Pacific Masters of Human Rights and Democratisation, a European Union funded project establishing networked postgraduate human rights education across the Asia Pacific Region. Her research focuses on transitional justice and the question of how contemporary states and societies can deal with past violations, collective responsibility, apology and forgiveness, the relationship between human rights and religious norms and institutions and human rights education. She has held teaching positions at the University of Sydney and Columbia University and received her Ph.D. in political theory (summa cum laudae) from Columbia University. Prior to entering academia, she was Director of Policy at the Australian Human Rights Commission, where she authored numerous reports on Indigenous human rights and was principal speech writer to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. Her book, Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apology, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2009 and she is editor of a forthcoming collection on Hannah Arendt, Power, Judgment and Political Evil, to be published by Ashgate in 2010.
Rod Freedman - Writer, Director, Producer. An independent filmmaker, Rod Freedman’s films have screened in dozens of international film festivals, winning international and Australian awards, including two AFI nominations for Uncle Chatzkel. With partner Lesley Seebold, Rod’s company, Change Focus Media produces documentaries, corporate, promotional and educational videos. With Film Australia, Rod has made Uncle Chatzkel (1999, Producer/Director), the Everyday Brave Series (2001, Series Producer, Best TV Series, Tudawali Awards) made with Indigenous directors, Welcome to the Waks Family (2001 Co-Producer, 2nd Unit Director), The Winners Guide to the Nobel Prize (2006 Co-Executive Producer) three series of Australian Biography Series (2002, 2005, 2007 Series Producer/Director), and Change the World in 5 Minutes (2007 Executive Producer). Independent Films include: Wrap Me Up in Paperbark (1999 Producer), One Last Chance– War Criminal (2000 Producer/Director, winner of 3 USA awards) Crossing the Line (2004 Producer, Best Documentary, Social & Political, Atom Awards), It Takes a Village (2008 Producer/Director), Stay Strong (2008 Producer/Director), Strong and Deadly (2008 Producer/Director), Looking for a Monster (in production).
Isolated Cases?
21 February 2010 – 100 Years of Medical Research in Australia
Marking the centenary of the establishment of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, this one-day colloquium encompassed the history of medical research in Australia from the 19th century to the present.
Conference Chair: Dr Claire Hooker, University of Sydney
Honorary Address: Prof. Donald Metcalf AC FRS, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Historical Comment: Emeritus Prof. Rod Home FAHA, University of Melbourne
20 February 2010 – Exploring the Medical Humanities in Australia
This symposium marked the inaugural meeting of the Association for the Medical Humanities (Australia and New Zealand). Inspired by practitioners from around the country, this one-day symposium discussed Australian interests and projects in all aspects of the Medical Humanities.
Convenor: Dr Claire Hooker, coordinator, Medical Humanities, and President, AMH (ANZ).
2009 seminars
Securitizing Life
A one-day workshop on biopolitics, biosecurity and warfare
11th November 2009
Presenters:
Professors Mitchell Dean and Michael Dillon, A/Profs Anthony Burke and Ian Kerridge, and Drs Melinda Cooper, Catherine Mills, Niamh Stephenson and Jeremy Walker
Law in the Time of Anthrax
Presented by Dr Christian Enemark, Centre for International Security
12th March 2009
In 2009 Australia will adopt a new scheme to regulate the possession, handling, transfer and disposal of so-called ‘security-sensitive biological agents’. The scheme is modelled on U.S. ‘select agents’ regulations which were strengthened after the anthrax attacks of late 2001. Laboratory research on pathogenic micro-organisms is a difficult subject of security-oriented attention because, on the one hand, it vitally informs medical and public health responses to infectious disease threats of natural or deliberate origin. On the other hand, biological agents, and the knowledge of what makes them dangerous, can be diverted and used for malign purposes. Drawing on U.S. experiences, this presentation explores some of the dilemmas which arise when a government chooses to ‘securitize’ infectious disease threats using regulatory mechanisms. The challenge for biosecurity regulation, implemented to address concerns about biological weapons use, is to maximise security benefits while minimising interference with legitimate scientific research conducted for therapeutic ends.
2009 news
Congratulations to our colleague Wendy Lipworth, who was awarded her PhD on the 18th of December, 2009. Dr Lipworth’s thesis is titled Rehabilitating the Social in Biomedical Publishing: Embracing Community and Intersubjectivity in Manuscript Review.
Congratulations to our colleague Professor Warwick Anderson (History), who has won the 2009 NSW Premier’s General History Prize for his extraordinary recent book, The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen (Johns Hopkins University Press). The judge’s comments can be found on the Arts NSW website.
Dr Catherine Mills has accepted a contract from Acumen/McGill-Queens UP for the monograph "Biopolitics: A Critical Introduction".
Dr Stacy Carter was awarded a Sydney Medical School Travelling Fellowship to observe and present at the Australian Health Promotion Association's 18th National Conference in Perth from 17-20 May, 2009.
Dr Paul Cheung was invited to present a paper at the Bioethics, Biolaw and Literature Conference, 6-9 May, Università Degli Studi Verona, Italy. The title of the paper is "A serious reading of biotechnology in Japanese graphic novels: Some implications for ethics, literature and medicine".
2007
The 2007 NSW Mental Health Act – The Patient, the Community and Values
27th November 2007
Speakers: Drs Michael Robertson, Matthew Large, Martyn Patfield, Professor Timothy Lambert, Associate Professors Colleen Loo and Merrilyn Walton
Living, Imagining and Controlling Bodies
17th August 2007
Speakers: Professors Jane Ussher, Grant Gillett, Catherine Waldby, Carl Elliott, Paul Komesaroff, Associate Professor Rosalyn Diprose
2005
Diversity of Discourse Communities in Health: Power, Politics and Risk
Joint conference with COMET- held jointly at Macquarie and Sydney Universities
1st – 2nd July 2005
Speakers: Profs Ian Anderson, Rob Barrett, Nancy Dubler, David Henry, Paul Komesaroff, Dr Jim Martin
Colloquia included: R Aldrich, J Allwood, C Angelelli, E Armstrong, M Awang, H Barnes, E Barton, J Bernheim, W Blood, D Briffa, P Butow, C Candlin, K Chater, P Cheung, B Chow, R Clerehan, G Cortese, J Crichton, M Crouch, H Daey, J Elliott, R Fahey, A Ferguson, A Firkins, R Forsyth, P Harper, F Hawthorne, D Hemmings, P Hobbs, S Holm, L Howell, W Hu, N Ibrahim, R Iedema, F Irvine, T Johnston, J Kealey, B Kokkinn, H Korner, E Koritschoner A LeCouteur, M Legg, S Lewis, B Liang, M Lirola, M Little, D Long, A Lyons, T Lysaght, C McGrath, P McGrath, S McKay, J McPhee, E Merghati, M Mitchell, G Mooney, A Moore, J Napier, C Newman, A Ngah, K O’Doherty, S Panozzo, L Prior, G Roberts, H Robertson, W Rogers, T Rosenfeld, S Sarangi, C Schryer, P Schulz, K Smith, A Storey, M Stubbe, H Tebble, J R Travaglia, L Trevena, K Valentine, R Wette, S Winch, H Worth
Clinical Ethics in Australia: the First National Workshop
30th June 2005
Speakers: Profs Nancy Dubler, Grant Gillett and Paul Komesaroff, A/Profs Ian Kerridge and Cameron Stewart, Dr Peter Saul and Ms Julie Letts
2004
Policing Virtue?
28th May 2004
Speakers: Profs Mary Chiarella and Lawrence Schneiderman, A/Profs Ian Kerridge and Kathleen Montgomery, Dr Cameron Stewart
2003
Global History, Human Nature and the New World Order
29th August 2003
Speakers: Hon. Justice Michael Kirby, Prof. Raimond Gaita, Rev. Tim Costello, Dr Michael Carey
2001
Death Sentence – a Reflection on the Ethical Aspects of Palliative Care
A Public Lecture presented by Prof. Paul Komesaroff
2000
“Yes, But What Does the Community Want?” Discourse Ethics, Stakeholdings and Public Opinion
9th June 2000
Speakers: Prof. Miles Little, A/Prof. Kathleen Montgomery, Mr Chris Jordens and Miss Emma-Jane Sayers
1999
What’s Your Evidence? Defending Arguments in a Pluralist World
5th – 6th August 1999
Speakers: Profs Arthur Frank and Miles Little, Dr Alexandra Barratt, Ms Nancy Dubler, Ms Lucie Rychetnik and Mr Chris Jordens
1998
Ethics Fatigue – The Fracturing of Medical Ethics
16th October 1998
Speakers: Profs Donald Evans, Miles Little and Ross Sheil, A/Prof. Paul McNeill, Clinical A/Prof. Michael Fearnside, Ms Mary Chiarella and Mr Chris Jordens
1997
Humane Values in Medical Education
29th - 30th September 1997
Speakers: Profs Robin Downie, Stephen Leeder, Miles Little and Gavin Mooney, A/Prof. Jill Gordon, Drs Milton Lewis, Stanley Galston, Robert Cummings, Norman Swan and Kim Paul, Rev. Ross Clifford, Ms Mary Chiarella, Ms Patricia Lyons and Mr Christopher Jordens
1996
Equity, Rationing in Health
Opening of the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine by Dame Leonie Kramer and ensuing seminar
11th November 1996
Speakers: Profs Uffe Juul Jensen, Stephen Leeder and Gavin Mooney, Miles Little, Drs Rob Simon and Robert Young, and Ms Julie Hamblin