Is the principle of double effect still relevant in end of life care?

Monday 1 February 2010

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

Registration Details:
Fellow: £40
Associate: £40
Free Bursary Place: Free of charge
Trainee - Fellow: £20
Student Members: £15
Non-Fellow: £50
Allied Health Professional: £50
Trainee - Non-Fellow: £25
Student: £20

Meeting ref: ONA02


Chair: Dr Andrew Papanikitas, Open Section Council

1.00 pm

Registration
With tea & coffee

1.30 pm

Introduction
Dr Andrew Papanikitas, Open Section Council

1.45 pm

A theological perspective: Divine Commands and double-minded casuists
Professor David Jones, St Mary's University College

2.15 pm

A philosophical perspective: Double effect reasoning: why we need it
Dr Helen Watt, The Linacre Centre

2.45 pm

A neuroethics perspective: Double Effect: Empirical Grounds for Suspicion
Professor Neil Levy, Oxford University

3.15 pm

Panel Discussion
Chair: Professor Clare Williams, CBAS

3.45 pm

Tea & Coffee

4.20 pm

Killing Pain or Killing Patients? Double Effect and Doctors in the Dock
Professor Richard Huxtable, Bristol University

4.50 pm

A Social Science Perspective
Professor Clive Seale, QMUL Medical School

5.20 pm

A Palliative Medicine Perspective
Dr Nigel Sykes, King's College London

5.40 pm

Practical Advice for Doctors with Double Effect Dilemmas
Dr Lillian Field, Medicolegal Advisor, Medical Protection Society

5.50 pm

Completion of Evaluation Forms

5.55 pm

Panel Discussion

6.30 pm

Close of meeting
Followed by optional dinner for those that have pre-registered

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