Voice, Power and Responsibility in Health Care

"The 7th World Congress of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) will be held in Rijeka, Croatia, on 3-5 September 2008. FAB Rijeka will be held in association with the 9th World Congress of the International Association of Bioethics (IAB).

We cordially invite proposals for panels and papers. The Congress theme is “Voice, Power and Responsibility in Health Care”. Papers on any topic in feminist bioethics are welcome, although the plenary sessions will be devoted to the Congress theme.

This theme should be interpreted broadly. Examples of topics include but are not restricted to:

· Health care challenges for members of marginalized groups;

· Imperialism in international health research;

· Power relations among health professionals and within the profession of bioethics;

· Concepts of 'personal responsibility' in public health discourse;

· Power and knowledge in reproductive medicine;

· Surrogate decision-making in non-traditional families;

· Disability perspectives on voice, power and responsibility."

For further details, see FAB's call for abstracts.