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The 600th Anniversary of the Kraków Academy Refounding	SECOND WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE organised by European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care Central and East European Association of Bioethics Department of Philosophy and Bioethics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland   August 23-26, 2000, Kraków, Poland   "HUMANE HEALTHCARE" - SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGIES, VALUES -
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FOCUS

The general theme of the congress is "Humane Healthcare". The congress will underscore the significance of truly humanising health care efforts. The following topics will be addressed:

• how to establish and preserve humane healthcare in a period of radical changes in healthcare systems
• images of the human being in healthcare
• philosophy of health and disease
• ethics and medical technology
• solidarity and healthcare systems
• the interrelations of philosophical anthropology and medicine
• medicine between nature and nurture
• the use of animals in medical sciences
• concepts of good life in healthcare
• the contribution of health law to humane healthcare

TIMETABLE

• May 1999: publication of Call for abstracts
• 1 February 2000: deadline for submission
• 31 February 2000: selection of abstracts
• March 2000: final programme
• October 1999: start registration
• 1 May 2000: first deadline for registration and payment

ORGANIZATION

The programme of the congress will include plenary sessions with keynote speakers as well as parallel sessions. Papers will be selected from abstracts submitted to the Congress Programme Committee. Papers addressing the above issues are welcome. Persons wishing to present papers at the congress should submit an abstract (500 words maximum) before February 1, 2000. The language during the conference is English. Simultaneous translation is not available. Kindly send abstracts in hard copy and on diskette (WordPerfect or DOS/Sc). The registration process, the call for abstract, development of the programme, publication of programme announcements and mailings to participants will be taken care of by the ESPMH Secretariat in Nijmegen.

Address:

Prof. dr. Henk ten Have
Dept. of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine,
School of Medical Sciences
University of Nijmegen
PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Fax: ++ 31-24-3540254
E-mail: H.tenHave@efg.kun.nl

Organisation of conference accommodation, meals and registration during the conference will be carried out by the local organisation.

Address:

Dr. Zbigniew Zalewski,
Department of Philosophy and Bioethics,
Jagiellonian University,
Rynek Główny 34, 31-010 Kraków, Poland
Fax: ++ 48-12-4213626
Email: mzzalews@cyf-kr.edu.pl

LANGUAGE

The working language of the Congress is English. No translation service (including simultaneous translation) will be available.

CONGRESS LOCATION

Plenary and parallel sessions as well as CEEAB and ESPMH general assemblies will be conveyed at the Polish Acedemy of Arts and Sciences (17 Sławkowska St.). Lunches will be served in "Chimera" restaurant (3 Saint Anna St.). Conference dinner will take place in the Renaissance castle in Niepołomice (ca. 20 km from Kraków - transport is provided). The map of the city centre with congress' site and hotels marked is to be viewed here.

CONGRESS ARRANGEMENTS

If anybody needs any kind of technical support for his/her presentation (slide or overhead projector etc.), please, inform the organisers about these special requirements, preferably in advance.

If anybody has special dietary expectations (particularly with regard to vegetarian meals), please, let us know about it in advance, too.

REGISTRATION

A registration form will be circulated by the ESPMH Secretariat; it can be as well downloaded from this page. It should be returned to the Secretariat as soon as possible, but not later than 1st of May, 2000, including the registration fee.

Registration form in RTF file is to be downloaded.

REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee for participants who are not members of ESPMH or CEEAB is more expensive. The registration fee includes: 4 lunches, refreshments, 1 conference dinner, abstract-book.

Participants:
paid before May 1, 2000: ESPMH/CEEAB members: 150 euro; non-members: 185 euro
paid after May 1, 2000: ESPMH/CEEAB members: 170 euro; non-members: 205 euro.

Accompanying persons:
paid before May 1, 2000: 60 euro
paid after May 1, 2000: 70 euro.

Special student registration fee:
25 euro.

Registration fee should be paid by credit card, bank cheque or Euro-cheque to the ESPMH treasurer, Drs. Gerrit K. Kimsma, Kerkbuurt 11, 1551 AB Westzaan, The Netherlands (indicating 'ESPMH Conference 2000').

EAST-EUROPEAN PARTICIPANTS

Special arrangements/support -- it is provided, however, to a limited scale. For more information, please, contact Dr. Zalewski.

ACCOMMODATION

The accommodation in Kraków is arranged for the conference participants by the local organisation in Kraków. A choice need to be made for accommodation in various categories.

All of these hotels are located in the city centre and in walking distance from the venue of the congress.

List of the hotels and accomodation form are available online or as the RTF documents (should be editable in MS Word and WordPerfect) to be downloaded in English or in Polish.

ARRIVING IN KRAKÓW

TRAVELLING BY PLANE:

The International Airport in Balice, located about 15 km from the centre of Kraków, has direct connections with Chicago, Frankfurt, London, New York, Paris, Rome, Toronto, Vienna and Zurich. There are also numerous connections via Warsaw and some other Polish airports, not only to all the European capitals and major cities, but to the entire world metropolis. Transportation to the city centre is available with public bus transportation service bus line no. 152, 208, and radio-taxi chain 919.

The official carrier of the Congress, the Polish Airlines LOT is offering a special discount for participants as well as accompanying persons. The discount can be obtained from any of LOT's offices on presentation of the official invitation to the Congress. The discount is 25% off normal fares and 15% off special fares (3 month, pex, and apex). Travel can commence 10 days before the beginning of the Congress (i.e. 13^th of August) and finish no later than 10 days after the Congress (5^th of September). The offer is valid for each flight operated by LOT, excluding code-share flights operated by the other carriers' aircraft. For details, please, contact the nearest LOT office.

RAILWAY:

There are direct international railway connections to Kraków from Austria (Vienna), the Czech Republic (Prague), Germany (Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt/M, Frankfurt/O, Leipzig), Hungary (Budapest), Romania (Bucharest), Slovakia (Bratislava, Kosice), Ukraine (Kiev, Lvov, Odessa). Krakow is also linked with all other main towns and cities in Poland. The Inter City train trip to Warsaw takes 2.5 hours.

COACH:

Many travel agencies offer permanent coach connections between Krakow and numerous cities in Europe. Travelling by coach, one may arrive from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

If one chooses a taxi to transfer from the airport to the hotel (radio-taxi company 919), it costs about 40-45 Polish złoty (ca. 10 euro/$). At night (after 11p.m.) and on Sunday the price is 50% higher. One can also choose a municipal bus no 152 or 208 that goes to the city centre. Bus fare is 2 Polish złoty (ca. 0,5 euro/$) per person plus 2 Polish złoty (ca. 0,5 euro/$) for each piece of luggage. Tickets are to be bought at the newsagents at the airport or in the buses. In the latter case they are extra charged 0,5 Polish złoty per ticket.

ABOUT KRAKÓW

If you wish to get the first impression of Kraków, look here and there. You can also check a list of cultural events available in Kraków in August.

INFORMATION

General Information

• Registration will begin on Wednesday at 9:00. The staff will provide the participants with conference materials, badges and will assist them with all the necessary help and information. In the days proceeding the Congress, office will be located at the Department of Philosophy & Bioethics, 34 Rynek Główny (phone: 421 3626 or 429 6143) from 9:00 till 21:00. During the Congress office will work since the morning "till the last participant's attendance".
• All participants are kindly requested to indicate during the registration what technical facilities are necessary for their presentations and what kind of meal (meat or vegetarian) do they prefer.
• Since the congress programme is quite filled up with presentations, the organisers kindly request to preserve the fixed timetable of the sessions so as to allow people to participate in as many lectures as possible, according to their choice.
• Please, keep your conference badges for they allow entering to any congress sites and places, and accessing meals (any kind of meal tickets are not provided).

Useful Information

• Poland is, in principle, an open country, but citizens of such countries as: Albania, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong (in case of Chinese citizenship; in case of British Overseas Citizenship visa for short visits is not required), Pakistan, Turkey and Yugoslavia need a visa to cross Polish borders. In all cases a valid passport is necessary.
• Those who arrive to Kraków via Warsaw are obliged - according to Polish law - to get their passport and custom control at Warsaw Airport and then transfer to the plane to Kraków. On the way back custom and passport control is conveyed in Kraków.
• The Balice Airport is located about 15 km from the city centre. The municipal buses no. 152 and 208 operates between the airport and the Main Railway Station, which is just at the centre of the town. The buses operate every 20 minutes. The duration of the trip is approximately 30-40 minutes, depending on road traffic. The bus tickets can be obtainable at the newsagents ("kiosk") at the airport and everywhere in the town. Bus fare is 2 Polish złoty (ca. 0,5 euro/$) per person plus 2 Polish złoty (ca. 0,5 euro/$) for each piece of bulky luggage. Tickets could be also bought from the driver in the buses. In the latter case they are extra charged 0,5 Polish złoty per ticket. One can choose a taxi to transfer from the airport to the hotel (radio-taxi company 919 is the official airport carrier), it costs about 40-45 Polish złoty (ca. 10-11 euro/$). At night (after 11 p.m.) and on Sunday the price is about 50% higher.
• Kraków has an extensive tram and bus transportation system. There are also several chains of radio-taxi services (for example: 919, 9621, 9622, 9625, 9629, 9664, 9665), which are relatively cheap (first kilometre costs 4 Polish złoty, each next - 1.4 Polish złoty).
• If one needs to get Polish currency just after arrival, one can get it from a cash dispenser at the airport. In case of exchange, it is recommended to manage it at the private exchange points (their Polish name is "kantor", yet usually the word "exchange" appears on their labels, too), because of a slightly better exchange rates than those in banks. This procedure is absolutely safe. One can also get cash from numerous cash dispensers in the city. To check the present exchange rate, see currency converter.
• There are a lot of restaurants and cafeterias in the city with a large variety of cuisine, prices and service, so the best way to make a deliberate choice in this respect is to ask for special recommendations and warnings at the desk during the congress.
• Weather in Kraków in August is pretty unforeseeable. Usually it is warm and dry here, with temperature approaching 30°C, but cold and wet days also appear. To check the weather at the moment and weather forecast for the future you can look at the weather forecast.

Cultural Events

The following social activities will be offered:

• welcome reception in the town hall;
• conference dinner.

The following excursions are proposed:

• Kraków sightseeing tour - Thursday, August 24, at 9:00;
• Visit to Auschwitz - Friday, August 25, at 9:00;
• Visit to Wieliczka Salt Mine - Saturday, August 26, at 15:00;
• For those, who cannot attend the excursion to Auschwitz or sightseeing as scheduled above, alternative term is on Saturday, August 26, at 15:00;
• Individually arranged trips are also available - to obtain more specified information, please, ask at the registration desk.

List of Cultural Events in Kraków at the Congress Time

Music in old Kraków Festival:

21.08. (Monday)
19:00 Norbertine Church (Kościuszki 88)

Church Slavic Music

22.08. (Tuesday)
19:30 Philharmonic Hall (Zwierzyniecka 1)

F. Liszt, L. van Beethoven

23.08. (Wednesday)
18:30 Royal Castle at Wawel

Music of medieval Kraków's and English composer

24. 08. (Thursday)
19:30 Music Academy (Basztowa 8)

T.A. Arne, H. Purcell, E. Chausson, G. Verdi, A. Berg

25.08 (Friday)
19:00 The Czartoryski Museum (Św. Jana 2)

Renaissance music and dances

26.08. (Saturday)
19:30 St. Martin Church (Grodzka 58)

G.Ph. Telemann, A. Vivaldi, J. Haydn, B. Bartok

27.08. (Sunday)
19:30 St. Augustinus Church (Augustiańska 7)

H. Purcell

Other concerts:

Summer Organ Concert:

24.08. 19:30 Salesian Church (Konfederacka 6)
J.S. Bach, M. Sawa, F. Mendelssohn

Seven Traditions:

27.08. 19:15 St. Peter and Paul Church (Grodzka 38)
Oratorio Concert: J. S. Bach Mass in b minor performed by "La Petite Bande" (Belgium)

Museums:

Royal Castle Wawel Hill:

- Wawel Lost
- Arras Tapestries Exhibition

National Museum in Kraków (3 Maja)

- Artistic Craft Gallery

The Czartoryski Museum (Św. Jana 2)

- Town Images

Manggha Center of Japanese Art and Technology (Konopnickiej 26)

- Gallery of Old Japanese Art

Old Synagogue (Szeroka 24)

- The Power of Custom

Pałac Sztuki (pl. Szczepański 4)

- Hungarian Impressionism from 1870-1920

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Wednesday, August 23, 2000
09:00		Registration
10:30		Opening ceremony
11:00 - 12:30		Plenary session 1
	11:00 - 11:30	Z. Szawarski: The principle of solidarity and healthcare reform in Poland
	11:30 - 12:00	Z. Zalewski: : What may it mean 'humane' in 'humane healthcare'
	12:00 - 12:30	discussion
12:30		lunch
14:30 - 17:30		Plenary session 2
	14:30 - 15:00	S. Reiter Theil: Is there a need for clinical ethics support services? Conclusions from an empirical-analytical research program
	15:00 - 15:30	J. Melo: The ethics committees - the Portuguese case
	15:30 - 16:00	discussion
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	J. Doroszewski: Modern medical cognition
	17:00 - 17:30	discussion
17:30		Welcome reception
19:30		General Assembly of CEEAB - part I
Thursday, August 24, 2000
	Parallel sessions 1
9:00 - 13:00		Session 1.1: Medical epistemology
	9:00 - 9:30	S. Brorson: Ludwik Fleck's reappraisal of the history of germ-theories
	9:30 - 10:00	P. Gelhaus: Evidence-based medicine - the new clinical paradigm?
	10:00 - 10:30	I. Nordin: The role of positive evidence in medical technology
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	M. Marques: The first criterion
	11:30 - 12:00	L. Nemes: Are there biomedical laws?
	12:00 - 12:30	J. Sak: The problem of 'thought-styles' in contemporary medicine
	12:30 - 13:00	S. Holm: Does chaos theory have major implications for philosopy of medicine?
9:00 - 13:00		Session 1.2: Theory of ethics
	9:00 - 9:30	M. Pijnenburg: Humane healthcare as a theme for social ethics
	9:30 - 10:00	G. Khushf: Inter-ethics: developing norms for a new paradigm of healthcare
	10:00 - 10:30	R. Andorno: Is 'dignity' a bioethical principle?
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	B. Maroszyńska-Jeżowska: The problem of truth in applied ethics
	11:30 - 12:00	T. Biesaga: Personalism vs. principlism in bioethics
	12:00 - 12:30	L. Niebrój: The principle of autonomy: the physician's authority and the patient's obedience
	12:30 - 13:00	J. Vollmann: Chances and limits of informed consent in psychiatry
9:00 - 13:00		Session 1.3: Ethics and medical technology
	9:00 - 9:30	L. van der Scheer: Ethics and medical technologies
	9:30 - 10:00	P. Nortvedt, B. Brinchman: Ethical decision-making in neonatal units
	10:00 - 10:30	B. Brinchmann: Shall parents decide?
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	E. Herych: Guidelines for withholding or withdrawal of treatment in neonatal care
	11:30 - 12:00	L. Getz e.a.: Ultrasound in pregnancy: the impact of diagnostic uncertainty
	12:00 - 12:30	S. Jha: The epistemology and ethics of humanistic medical practice and mentoring - a neo-Polanyan medical philosophy
	12:30 - 13:00	T. Kuntelija e.a.: Ethical problems of artificial insemination: the views of Lithuanian students
9:00 - 13:00		Session 1.4: Palliative care
	9:00 - 9:30	H. ten Have: Ethical issues in palliative care
	9:30 - 10:00	J. Widder: Is there a concept of disease in palliative medicine?
	10:00 - 10:30	S. Sahm: Promoting palliative care in order to preserve humane medicine
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	Z. Pucko: Language as a medium for the negation or affirmation of suffering in the art of treatment
	11:30 - 12:00	D. Lange e.a.: Care for the dying. An empirical study of ethical and psychological problems
	12:00 - 12:30	D. Lange, N. Schmahl-Menges: 'Healing attempts' on terminally ill patients. A casuistic investigation
	12:30 - 13:00	R. Janssens: Concept or concepts of palliative care?
9:00 - 13:00		Session 1.5a: The philosophy of disability
	9:00 - 9:30	L. Nordenfelt: Towards a basis for the International Classification of Functioning and Disability
	9:30 - 10:00	A. Jaworska: The moral standing of Alzheimer’s patients: theory and policy
	10:00 - 10:30	discussion
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
		Session 1.5b: Nursing care
	11:00 - 11:30	B. Dobrowolska: Nurses' professional ethics
	11:30 - 12:00	K. Hovland Aasen, P. Hancock: From competition to collaboration
	12:00 - 12:30	K. Schultz: End-of-life decisions in neonates in Hungary. An international comparative study
13:00		lunch
	Parallel sessions 2
15:00 - 18:00		Session 2.1: Philosophy of medicine and healthcare
	15:00 - 15:30	B. Brody: An ethical evaluation of surgery trials with a sham surgery control group
	15:30 - 16:00	P. Mallia: Towards a phenomenological philosophy of medicine
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	D. Thomasma: Searching anew for the philosophical foundations of health care
	17:00 - 17:30	S. Tyreman: Agency, illness and function
	17:30 - 18:00	R. Ahlzén: The doctor and the literary text
15:00 - 18:00		Session 2.2: Medicine, culture and religion
	15:00 - 15:30	Y. Chukova: Philosophy of the weak and the strong interaction in western and oriental medicine
	15:30 - 16:00	W. Stempsey: Plato and holistic medicine
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	T. Kontopoulou, S. Marketos: Solidarity and healthcare in ancient Greek tragedies
	17:00 - 17:30	E. Djaltchinova-Malec: Medicine in the philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism
	17:30 - 18:00	Y. Barilan: Medicine and society in the new millennium
15:00 - 18:00		Session 2.3: Healthcare system
	15:00 - 15:30	E. Lugo: Spirituality-care and the responsibility of the physician to alleviate suffering in a secularistic time
	15:30 - 16:00	S. Jakutyté: Distributive justice and health care: different theoretical approaches
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	R. Barnet: Healthcare in the new millennium
	17:00 - 17:30	K. Cheboski: Compassionate healthcare in a capitalistic economy
	17:30 - 18:00	A. Edgar: According to need and need alone
15:00 - 18:00		Session 2.4: Illness and disease
	15:00 - 15:30	O. Hellström: Cultivated illness helps patients to manage their lives, and doctors to manage their patients
	15:30 - 16:00	L. Trembovler: 'In much wisdom is much sadness...' Dualism vs. monism in a medieval philosophical discourse on disease
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	A. Szczęsna: BST and its critics
	17:00 - 17:30	A. Latawiec: Conception of health and illness on the verge of the 21e century
	17:30 - 18:00	A. Przyłuska-Fiszer: The significance of experience of illness...
15:00 - 18:00		Session 2.5: Health, healthcare and rights
	15:00 - 15:30	Z. Liubarskiené: The transition from pre-modern to modern ethics in medicine
	15:30 - 16:00	G. Kiknadze e.a.: Principles of modern medical ethics and healthcare professionals. Relation between health law and education: from declaration to implementation (Georgian experience)
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	I. Peley, B. Blasszauer: The ethical code of the Hungarian medical association
	17:00 - 17:30	S. Dimitrova: Patients' rights - present status in Bulgaria
	17:30 - 18:00	I. Jakušovaité: Community empowerment in coping with healthcare ethical problems in Lithuania
18:00		General Assembly of CEEAB - part II
20:30		Conference dinner - Niepołomice castle
Friday, August 25, 2000
	Parallel sessions 3
9:00 - 10:30		Session 3.1: Virtues and healthcare
	9:00 - 9:30	F. Heubel: Facets of virtue
	9:30 - 10:00	U. Heinrich: Virtue ethics in the novel The plague by A. Camus
	10:00 - 10:30	J. Doroszewski: Doctors' motivations
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
9:00 - 10:30		Session 3.2: Ethics committees
	9:00 - 9:30	E. Gefenas c.s.: Hospital ethics committees in Lithuania
	9:30 - 10:00	V. Parve: On institutional paternalism
	10:00 - 10:30	N. Steinkamp: Hospital Ethics Committees: safeguards of 'humane healthcare' in healthcare institutions?
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
9:00 - 10:30		Session 3.3: Physician-patient interaction
	9:00 - 9:30	G. Neitzke: Aspects of 'humane healthcare': What is the patient talking about?
	9:30 - 10:00	E. Schei: The physician-patient relationship: medicine or magic?
	10:00 - 10:30	E. Berg: The creative in between. E. Levinas and the consultation in general practice
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
9:00 - 10:30		Session 3.4: Health systems in transition
	9:00 - 9:30	V. Bazhanov, L. Kopytova: Social-political transformation in Russia and new trends in healthcare
	9:30 - 10:00	S. Popova: Publicity principle and restructuring of the healthcare system
	10:00 - 10:30	J. Glasa e.a.: Ethics committees in post-totalitarian society: problem of consensus
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
9:00 - 10:30		Session 3.5:
	9:00 - 9:30	P. Jankowski. K. Marczewski: Placental blood transfusion
	9:30 - 10:00	M. Jantos: Bioethical threat - eugenics
	10:00 - 10:30	V. Vlassov: Ethics of human experimentation in aerospace and military medicine
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	Parallel sessions 4
11:00 - 13:00		Session 4.1: Elderly care, disability and handicap
	11:00 - 11:30	B. Gordijn: The search for the fountain of youth
	11:30 - 12:00	F. Svenaeus: A phenomenological analysis of the concepts of handicap and chronic illness
	12:00 - 12:30	M. Häyry: Abortion based on disability: a right or a wrong
	12:30 - 13:00	D. Tiosavljević: Ethical problems of abortion
11:00 - 13:00		Session 4.2: Public health and preventive medicine
	11:00 - 11:30	B. Cadoré, P. Boitte, C. Deschamps: Predict any risk in medicine? About a clinical-biological research activity of prediction of child's diabetes
	11:30 - 12:00	M. Veniute, L. Adomelyte: Ethical contradictions of preventive medicine: case study of influenza vaccination
	12:00 - 12:30	L. Cherkezova: Healthy way of life of youth in Bulgaria
	12:30 - 13:00	E. Kismödi: Establishing a national patient’s right office in Hungary
11:00 - 13:00		Session 4.3: Dying, suffering and euthanasia
	11:00 - 11:30	J. Hańderek: Concept of suffering
	11:30 - 12:00	Ä. Wifstad: Evil medicine
	12:00 - 12:30	A. Alichniewicz: Euthanasia - the conceptual review
	12:30 - 13:00	T. Bohrer: The image of death and dying in hospitals - an analysis of terms
11:00 - 13:00		Session 4.4: Mental illness
	11:00 - 11:30	L. Faucher: Evolutionary psychiatry and nosology
	11:30 - 12:00	T. Krause: The impossibility of understanding another. K. Jaspers' phenomenological point of view on schizophrenia
	12:00 - 12:30	T. Schramme: The debate between naturalists and normativists on the concept of mental illness and disease
	12:30 - 13:00	J. Pobocha: Informed consent in Poland
11:00 - 13:00		Session 4.5: Illness and communication
	11:00 - 11:30	K. Marczewski e.a.: On the illness and its modes of existence from a culturalist's approach
	11:30 - 12:00	P. Kampits: Hermeneutics and dialogue in healthcare
	12:00 - 12:30	E. Wilczek-Rużyczka: Empathy in interpersonal contacts
	12:30 - 13:00	R. Card: Genetic information, health insurance, and humanity
13:00		lunch
	Parallel sessions 5
15:00 - 18:00		Session 5.1: Healthcare law
	15:00 - 15:30	K. Lukauskaité: Does Lithuanian law on the rights of patients contribute to humane healthcare?
	15:30 - 16:00	B. Çipi: Sociological issues of medical professional autonomy in reference to the medical malpractice problems
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	Z. Csató: The patient protective organisation institutions institutions and their possible network, co-operation, and work distribution
	17:00 - 17:30	A. Mokrzycka: European standards: judgements of European Court of Human Rights and changes in Polish healthcare system
	17:30 - 18:00	K. Lankosz: The Council of Europe and the member states toward the problem of protection of human rights and dignity of the human being in the context of the application of biology and medicine
15:00 - 18:00		Session 5.2: Transplantation medicine
	15:00 - 15:30	P. Bortkiewicz: Ethical aspects of using transgenetical animals in xenotransplants
	15:30 - 16:00	A. Sawada: Information disclosure vs. privacy protection
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	A. Cekanauskaite: The concept of death and the practice of transplantation
	17:00 - 17:30	N. Biller-Andorno: Moral conflicts in the context of living kidney donation - the recipients' perspective at follow-up
	17:30 - 18:00	G. Javashvili, G. Kiknadze: Through doctors' glasses. The story of one article of the law on organ transplantation or how could closed eyelids of the deceased person conceal our sins
15:00 - 18:00		Session 5.3: Cloning and gene therapy
	15:00 - 15:30	B. Chyrowicz: Cloning and the identity of the person
	15:30 - 16:00	R. Pegoraro: Bioethical reflections on recent developments regarding animals in experimentation
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	F. Thiele: Moral arguments against human germline therapy
	17:00 - 17:30	J. Barker: Facing socio-economic reality and some ethical challenges in contemporary genetic research and therapy
	17:30 - 18:00	J. Hartman: Gene techniques or why a virgin blushed
15:00 - 18:00		Session 5.4: Health
	15:00 - 15:30	E. Peicius: The problem interpreting the concept of health as ethical value
	15:30 - 16:00	V. Veber, K. Khroutski: Health - as a central ontological problem
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	M. Bub: Health conceptions, ethics and nursing practice
	17:00 - 17:30	M. Cisek e.a.: Stress as a risk factor in population of young healthy men
	17:30 - 18:00	E. Kałamacka: Polish physicians' philosophical reflection upon health
15:00 - 18:00		Session 5.5: Autonomy vs. paternalism
	15:00 - 15:30	J. Kałuża: Autonomy of the patient - autonomy of the physician
	15:30 - 16:00	J Siurana: The strength of philosophical arguments for advance directives
	16:00 - 16:30	tea break
	16:30 - 17:00	Z. Kaić: Informed consent in dental medicine in Croatia
	17:00 - 17:30	M. Siemińska, M. Szymańska: Developing of sensitivity about needs and suffering of ill men by medical students
	17:30 - 18:00	J. Marinova e.a.: Bulgarian women's decision on abortion
18:00 - 19:00		General Assembly of ESPMH
Saturday, August 26, 2000
	Parallel sessions 6
9:00 - 13:00		Session 6.1: Medical research
	9:00 - 9:30	H. Wulff: Logic and interpretation of randomised clinical trials
	9:30 - 10:00	S. Spicker: Becoming a 'subject' in biomedical research
	10:00 - 10:30	A. Nordgren: Evolution and animal experimentation
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	W. Dekkers: Ethical aspects of sham surgery in patients with Parkinson disease
	11:30 - 12:00	M. Zwitter: Ethics of clinical research in oncology
	12:00 - 12:30	D. Badcott: Animals in medical sciences: the emergence of a humane perspective
	12:30 - 13:00	B. Yudin: Ethical review of experiments with human beings as an industry
9:00 - 13:00		Session 6.2: Philosophical anthropology and healthcare
	9:00 - 9:30	Z. Porczi: Responsibility for the other. Can there be a Levinasian bioethics?
	9:30 - 10:00	A. Takahata: The concept of 'person' and its change in its historical and social context
	10:00 - 10:30	T. Takala: What is 'a natural human being'?
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	D. Mergentahler: Integrative medicine? The scope of Thure von Uexküll's model of psychosomatics
	11:30 - 12:00	M. Nemčekova e.a.: Philosophical anthropology as a methodological startin point for cognition
	12:00 - 12:30	A. Kirkengen: Victims of abuse - re-victimised in medical context
	12:30 - 13:00	P. Mróz: The existentialist project and the healthcare system
9:00 - 13:00		Session 6.3: Genetics
	9:00 - 9:30	V. Årnason: The moral challenge of decode genetics in Iceland
	9:30 - 10:00	P. Tischenko: Genomics: on contingency of genesis
	10:00 - 10:30	H. Hasan: Antenatal screaming. Ethical dilemmas of a genetic counsellor
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	J. Kissel: Abracadabra! Informed consent
	11:30 - 12:00	M. Coors: The matrix: an ethical perspective for human genetic medicine
	12:00 - 12:30	K. Dierickx: The concepts of health and disease in predictive medicine and the influence of recent genetic research
9:00 - 13:00		Session 6.4: Care for incompetent patients
	9:00 - 9:30	A. Pontius: Educational neuro-ethics
	9:30 - 10:00	T. Tännsjö: Ought we to sentence people to psychiatric treatment?
	10:00 - 10:30	Y. Örs: Philosophization as a threat to modern medicine, in particular to contemporary psychiatry
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	G. Maio: Research on cognitively impaired persons - a precondition for humane healthcare or a threat to humanity?
	11:30 - 12:00	S. Kotsopoulos: Psychotropic drug use in children: are these drugs free from long-term adverse effects?
	12:00 - 12:30	A. Kapusta: Social and cultural aspects of psychopharmacology
	12:30 - 13:00	J. Marić, D. Tiosavljević: Ethical problems of involuntary treatment
9:00 - 13:00		Session 6.5: Medicine and history
	9:00 - 9:30	E. Omakaeva: Kalmyk traditional medicine
	9:30 - 10:00	K. Marczewski e.a.: The evolution of the image of the physician through three thousand years
	10:00 - 10:30	M. Gołaszewska: Illness and treatment. Essay on the borderline of philosophical anthropology and axiology
	10:30 - 11:00	coffee break
	11:00 - 11:30	S. Fredriksen: The tragedy of modern medicine
	11:30 - 12:00	B. Hofmann: On the asymmetry between the concepts of health and disease
	12:00 - 12:30	J. Glasa e.a.: Bioethics in Slovakia 1990-2000
	12:30 - 13:00	T. Kraj: Eugenic genetic engineering as a manifestation of culture of death in human genetics
13:00 - 13:30		Plenary clossing session
13:30		Farewell lunch

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