The 2014 Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law Conference was has held at the University of Western Australia, Perth from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th October 2014.
Saturday 4th October 2014 | ||||
0800 | Registration & speakers preparation open | |||
0815 | Delegate coaches depart Adina Apartments (then Parmelia Hilton) and Sullivans Hotel | |||
Plenary Session – University Club Auditorium Chair: Steve Honeybul |
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0900-0950 | Keynote Plenary How should we decide? A South African transplant surgeon’s tale Dr Elmi Muller |
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Concurrent Sessions (20 minutes) – Arts Building | ||||
Fox Lecture Theatre 12 – Futility |
Arts Lecture Room 4 13 – Innovation |
Arts Lecture Room 6 14 – Consent |
Arts Lecture Room 5 Café 2 |
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Chair: Katrina Bramstedt | Chair: Colin Thomson | Chair: Ian Kerridge | Chair: Camilla Scanlan | |
1000-1020 | How do doctors understand ‘futility’? Prof Ben White*, Prof Lindy Willmott, E/Prof Cindy Gallois, Prof Malcom Parker, Dr Sarah Winch, Prof Nicholas Graves, Ms Nicole Shephard, Ms Eliana Close |
Regulatory perspectives of clinical innovation with cellular therapies: Research or practice? Dr Tamra Lysaght |
Creating innovative informed consent materials: How hard can it be? Dr Rebekah McWhirter*, Dr Lisa Eckstein |
Tough cases in paediatric clinical ethics A/Prof Lynn Gillam*, A/Prof Clare Delany*, Dr Merle Spriggs, Dr Rosalind McDougall |
1025-1045 | Why doctors provide futile treatment: a complex mix of institutional, clinical and patient-related drivers Prof Lindy Willmott*, Prof Ben White, Prof Cindy Gallois, Prof Malcolm Parker, Prof Nicholas Graves, Dr Sarah Winch, Ms Nicole Shepherd, Ms Eliana Close |
The medical methods exclusion reconsidering medical ethics and patents in nineteenth century Britain Dr Catherine Kelly*, Dr Robert Burrell |
Informed consent – How robust is the process? A survey of Resident Medical Officers (RMO) in New Zealand Dr Alastair MacDonald*, Dr Curtis Walker, Dr Ravi Mistry |
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1045-1115 | Morning Tea – University Club | |||
Concurrent Sessions (20 minutes) – Arts Building | ||||
Fox Lecture Theatre 15 – Reproduction |
Arts Lecture Room 4 16 – Organ Transplantation |
Arts Lecture Room 6 17 – End of Life/Consent |
Arts Lecture Room 5 Workshop 4 |
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Chair: Brenda McGivern | Chair: Elmi Muller | Chair: Lindy Willmott | ||
1115-1135 | The perfect womb: How ectogenesis could enhance control over fetal characteristics Mrs Evie Kendal |
Dialysis in the setting of dementia? How should we decide? Prof Katrina Bramstedt |
Quality improvement collaboratives at the interface between policy and practice in advance care planning and end of life care Dr Craig Sinclair |
Whose responsibility? The challenge of regulating innovative surgical procedures Dr Katrina Hutchison*, Prof Tony Eyers, Dr Bernadette Richards*, Prof Colin Thomson |
1140-1200 | Morally justifiable parental licensing in the IVF context Dr Ryan Tonkens |
Access to dialysis after refusing renal transplantation: The South African situation Miss Harriet Etheredge*, Dr Graham Paget |
Planning for the end: expanding models of advance health care decision-making for an ageing population A/Prof Meredith Blake*, Prof Robyn Carroll |
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1205-1225 | We know women want Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT). But how should they consent to it? Dr Ainsley Newson |
How do I ask someone that?: The ethical issues associated with conducting research on a sensitive topic Dr Beatriz Cuesta-Briand*, Dr Natalie Wray, Prof Neil Boudville |
How do New Zealand coroners decide whether to make preventive recommendations? Dr Jennifer Moore |
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1230-1250 | New uses for rejected theories: Moral status and the ethical ‘worth’ of children A/Prof Henry Kilham*, A/Prof Ian Kerridge |
The use and misuse of Titmuss in the organ market debate Mr Julian Koplin |
The ethics of persuasion, inducement, coercion and nudging in physiotherapy practice A/Prof Clare Delany*, Dr Lynley Anderson |
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1250-1345 | Lunch – University Club | |||
Concurrent Sessions (20 minutes) – Arts Building | ||||
Fox Lecture Theatre 18 – Public Health |
Arts Lecture Room 4 19 – Innovation |
Arts Lecture Room 6 20 – Mental Health |
Arts Lecture Room 5 Workshop 5 |
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Chair: Lyn Gilbert | Chair: Tamra Lysaght | Chair: Meredith Blake | ||
1345-1405 | Who decides what is ‘ethical’ food and how? New approaches for engaging the public in food policy Prof Rachel Ankeny*, Dr Heather Bray |
Exploring a duty to encourage innovative treatment A/Prof Bernadette Richards |
Human rights protection for people with mental illness: The evolution and future of mental health laws in China Prof Shiguo Liu |
How should we manage conflicts of interest in biomedicine? Dr Christopher Mayes*, Dr Wendy Lipworth*, A/Prof Ian Kerridge, Prof Cameron Stewart, Prof Paul Komesaroff, Prof Ian Olver |
1410-1430 |
Regulating E-cigarettes: Which way for Australia? |
Considerations of justice and the integration of novel biotechnologies into clinical practice Ms Jayne Hewitt |
How are we to assess decision-making capacity in psychiatric illness? Dr Christopher Ryan*, Ms Sascha Callaghan, Dr Carmelle Peisah |
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1435-1450 |
A case study of Taiwan’s vaccination plan during the H1N1 influenza in 2009-Focusing on enhancement of health communication and transparency in a legal framework |
When are surgical innovation decisions ethically acceptable? Prof Colin Thomson |
Unreasonable refusal of psychiatric treatment: Reform of the Mental Health Act 1996 (WA) A/Prof Sarah Murray*, Dr Tamara Tulich |
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1450-1510 | Afternoon Tea – University Club | |||
Closing – University Club Auditorium Chair: Malcolm Parker, AABHL President |
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1510-1630 | Closing Panel | Chair: Roger Magnusson Reducing and preventing alcohol related harms: How should we decide? Professor Mike Daube, Magistrate Catherine Crawford, Professor Steve Allsop, Associate Professor Ted Wilkes AO |
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1630-1700 | Conference Close | Chair: Mal Parker Obituary for Max Charlesworth Student Prize Winners Invitation to AABHL 2015 (Wellington) | Ben Gray |
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1710-1810 | AABHL Annual General Meeting | |||
1815 |
Dinner guests walk to RPYC: Level ground 10 minute walk, guided by locals. Guests not comfortable with this distance please contact the conference secretariat. Delegates who noted mobility issues during registration will be accommodated. |
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1830 till late | Conference Dinner The Royal Perth Yacht Club |
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2130 & 2230 | Coaches depart RPYC for Parmelia Hilton, Adina Apartments and Sullivans Hotel |