Is the principle of double effect still relevant in end of life care?
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
Registration Details:
Dinner: £30
RSM Student: £15
RSM Associate: £40
RSM Fellow: £40
RSM Trainee: £20
Bursary place for PhD students: Free of charge
Consultant/GP: £50
Allied Health Professional: £50
Trainee: £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 | |
