Multicultural clinical forensic medicine
Saturday 20 June 2009
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
Online registration for this meeting has now closed. If you would like to attend please contact the Section Coordinator on 020 7290 3947 to check availability.
Please note that for late registrations we may not be able to offer you the conference lunch on the day. No discounted rates are available in this instance.
Registration Details:
Fellow: £90
Associate: £60
Trainee - Fellow: £60
Student Members: £25
Non-Fellow: £140
Trainee - Non-Fellow: £100
Student: £30
Allied Health Professional: £60
Honorary Member of Section: Free of charge
Meeting ref: CL-G10-6
CPD: 5 credits
9.00 am |
Registration with tea and coffee |
| Chair: Dr Ian F Wall, President of the Clinical Forensic & Legal Medicine Section | |
9.30 pm |
Welcome |
9.35 am |
Keynote address: Cultural, religious and ethnic issues in clinical forensic and legal medicine |
| Dr Bashir Qureshi, Expert Witness in Cultural, Religious & Ethnic Issues in Litigation, London | |
10.15 am |
Diversity, Sharia and the Criminal Law: is there a way forward? |
| Dr Kartina Choong, Senior Lecturer in Medical Law and Ethics, University of Central Lancashire | |
11.00 am |
Tea and coffee break |
11.30 am |
Injury interpretation - culture, trauma or torture? |
| Dr Lesley Lord, Forensic Physician and Honorary Lecturer in Forensic Medicine and Legal Bioethics, University of Central Lancashire | |
12.30 pm |
Female genital mutilation - recognition and risks |
| Detective Constable Jason Morgan, Child Abuse Investigation Command, Metropolitan Police | |
1.00 pm |
Lunch |
| Chair: Dr Ian F Wall, President of the Clinical Forensic & Legal Medicine Section | |
2.00 pm |
AGM of the Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine Section |
2.15 pm |
The prosecution of honour-based violence |
| Mr Nazir Afzal OBE, Director, Crown Prosecution Service, London | |
3.00 pm |
Effective investigation and documentation of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment - the Istanbul Protocol |
| Dr Michael Peel, Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture | |
3.45 pm |
Panel discussion |
4.00 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.10 pm |
Close of meeting |
