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2009-11-11
CRB researchers receives funding from the Swedish Cancer Society
Anna T. Höglund received funding from the Swedish Cancer Society for developing clearer definitions and clinical guidelines for Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders in oncology care.
Mats G. Hansson received funding for research on factors associated with participation in phase 1 and phase 3 oncology trials.


2009-11-06
Biobanks: Questioning Distinctions
Letter in Science by Mats G. Hansson and Karen J. Maschke
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2009-10-26
Open call for abstracts: Is Medical Ethics Really in the Best Interest of the Patient?
Submission deadline February 15 2010. Read more >


2009-10-13
Mats G. Hansson elected Fellow of the Hastings Center
The CRB director Mats G. Hansson has been elected fellow of the Hastings Center.
More about the Hastings Center >


2009-10-09
Is medical ethics really in the best interest of the patient? Keynote speakers confirmed:
Tom L Beauchamp >
Anne Cambon-Thomsen >
Alastair V. Campbell >
Don Chalmers >
Hille Haker >
Søren Holm >
Margit Sutrop >
Marcel Verweij >
Simon Whitney >


2009-10-07
SLU appoints ethics lecturer
Per Sandin has been appointed Senior Lecturer in Bioethics and Environmental Ethics at SLU. As the first ethics lecturer at SLU, he will conduct research and teaching within these areas.
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Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics


Is medical ethics really in the best interest of the patient? Uppsala 14-16 June 2010

Open call for abstracts:
Is Medical Ethics Really in the Best Interest of the Patient?

Uppsala Konsert & Konferens, 14-16 June 2010

This multi-disciplinary international conference will raise questions about some of the key ethical issues of concern regarding medical research. The possibility to increase knowledge about diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease is the primary motive of medical research. Ethics is there in order to protect patients and promote their interests. But is medical ethics instrumental to this end?

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Ethics in Clinical Practice, Research and Policy: Pre Announcement, XI Annual Swedish Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society: Seglarhotellet, Sandhamn, 8-9 June 2009


End of Life Decisions: Ethics in clinical practice, research and policy

8-9 June 2009 is the XI Annual Swedish Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society: Seglarhotellet, Sandhamn

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CRB Newsletter

The latest issue includes a pre announcement of the conference "Is Medical Ethics Really in the Best Interest of the Patient (June 14-19 June 2010), recent publications, a new report on biobanks ethics and information about a new course on research ethics for PhD students in the social sciences.

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Calendar

2009-11-16
At the intersection of curative and palliative treatment in pediatric oncology
Li Jalmsell, MD, Karolinska Institutet
When: 10:00-12:00
Where: Dillnerrummet A10 212b

2009-11-25
The Life Sciences, Security, & Dual Use Research
Awareness seminar in Uppsala
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2009-11-30
Gene-doping and the concept of fairness
Ashkan Atry, PhD student, CRB
When: 10:00-12:00
Where: Dillnerrummet A10 212b

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Associate member of EACME

CRB is an associate member of the European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME)

CODEX - Rules and Guidelines for Research

CODEX is a gateway to various research ethics guidelines. It is run in collaboration between CRB and the Swedish Research Council.


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