THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CENTRE FOR VALUES, ETHICS AND THE LAW IN MEDICINE
& THE SYDNEY JEWISH MUSEUM
PRESENT
A seminar for medical and health practitioners, students and scholars.
A certificate of completion will be provided for CME points.
SUNDAY 15 November 2015
9:30am - 4:30pm
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
TOPICS:
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Panel Discussion: The relationship between the profession and the State
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Euthanasia in its contemporary context
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Medical ethics - Nazi doctors and Jewish
doctors
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Evolution of medical codes of ethics
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Contemporary eugenics
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Examination of the medical profession and genocide
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Medical ethics and extreme adversity
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Historical overview of medicine under Nazism
CONTRIBUTORS:
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Professor Kerryn Phelps AM
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Professor Sidney Bloch
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Dr Bruce Boman
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Professor Angus Dawson
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Professor Garry Walter AM
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Dr Ross Halpin
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Associate Professor Robert Kaplan
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Professor Konrad Kwiet
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Dr Hans Pols
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Associate Professor Michael Robertson
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Professor Colin Tatz AO
ADMISSION FEE:
$195 (light lunch included)
REGISTER AT http://tinyurl.com/sjmseminar or phone 02 9360 7999
For information contact Ilana McCorquodale at imccorquodale@sjm.com.au
STUDENT CONCESSION: Available on request. Contact imccorquodale@sjm.com.au
Join academics and physicians in examining the evolution of medical ethics and the relationship between the profession and the State. Does the moral low point in the history of medicine
provide guidance for today’s quandaries in medical ethics? What is the place of euthanasia and eugenics in contemporary society?
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: $175 (valid until September 30)
9.45am WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
10.00am SESSION ONE
A Historical Survey of Medicine Under National Socialism - Dr Hans Pols
The Medical Profession and Genocide - Associate Professor Robert Kaplan
Parallel Lives: Medical Ethics - Nazi Doctors and Jewish Doctors - Dr Ross Halpin
11.00am SESSION TWO
Witnessing and Reflecting on Trauma - a Conversation with Holocaust Survivors
Medical Machinery: Structures, Systems and Decision Making During
the Holocaust - Museum Education Team
Euthanasia in the Contemporary Context - Dr Bruce Boman
Contemporary Eugenics - Associate Professor Michael Robertson
The Evolution of Medical Codes of Ethics - Professor Sidney Bloch
3:30pm
PANEL DISCUSSION - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROFESSION AND STATE
- Professor Garry Walter AM (Chair)
-Professor Kerryn Phelps AM
-Professor Colin Tatz AO
- Professor Sidney Bloch
- Professor Angus Dawson
Medical Ethics in the Shadow of the Holocaust
15 November 2015
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst
http://tinyurl.com/sjmseminar