The 10th International Conference for Clinical Ethics Consultation will be April 24 to 26, 2014 in Paris. Proposals are due September 20, 2013.
The theme is "The Patient's Voice"
The patients' rights movement has shaken medical practice since the '70s. Patients express themselves more often today and intend their voice to be heard. As a result, momentous changes emerged in the organization of care and the doctor/patient relationship.
However, many medical practices still fall far short of what would be ideally required with respect to the central place that the patient deserves. This is also true within the clinical ethics support services (CESS) themselves: the patient and/or her proxies are not always given as much voice as it is given to health care professionals.
Moreover, even if the voice of the patient is paramount, the issues surrounding it go well beyond the informed consent of competent patients.
The theme of the patients' "voice" will give everybody the opportunity to explore novel issues raised by the patients' rights movement. It will also enable us to better understand how and to what extent CESS can play a special role in fostering the patient’s voice.
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