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Newsletter October 2010
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Web based course in neuroethics open to foreign studentsSpring term 2011 is your chance to take our web based course in Neuroethics before fees are introduced for foreign students. Application deadline: January 15.
This is an advanced level course that is open to anyone who is interested in the ethics of neuroscience. It is relevant for a broad range of students, graduates and professionals in health care, natural and social sciences, medicine, law, philosophy, psychiatry and more.
More information and application >
Swedish students are welcome to submit applications via studera.nu > |
New centre staffWe are very happy to welcome five new members of staff. We are adding nursing competence to our already multi-disciplinary group of doctoral students. We are also very happy to recruit a social pharmacist to our team of researchers.
> Tove Godskesen, RN, will work with participation in oncology trials. > Roya Hakimnia, MD, will look at gender aspects in telenursing. > Mona Pettersson, RN, PhD student, will look at definitions and guidelines for DNR decisions. > Tobias Renberg, PhD in Social Pharmacy, will investigate how patients perceive participating in research on chronic inflammation. > Kavot Zillén, LLM, LLD student, will look at the impact of healthcare professionals' religious beliefs and values on their obligations to provide good healthcare. |
Biobanks – by requestIn 2003 we published a final report from the project "The use of human biobanks". By request, we are now publishing a pdf version of the report: Hansson, M.G. & Levin, M. (eds.), 2003: Biobanks as Resources for Health >
Recent publications on biobank ethics from CRB are listed with abstracts in our report on biobank ethics > |
Gender and ethics: New project on gender aspects in telenursingCRB includes gender aspects in both research and teaching and gender theory is an integrated part of the ethics training for nursing students. In September a PhD project started that will investigate gender differences in the communication and outcome of telenursing consultations and develop a tool for analysis of gender competence. The project also has a practical outcome, testing an educational intervention aiming at increasing gender competence among telenurses.
Read more about the project on gender aspects in telenursing > |
International network collaborations: New network on culture, health and bioethicsTogether with researchers from the universities in Bergen, Oslo, Tromsö, Newcastle, Sussex, Uppsala and Umeå, CRB has formed a multi-disciplinary network on culture, health and bioethics. The network is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. CRB also has established network collaborations on biobank ethics, end of life decisions, neuroethics, research ethics and bioethics.
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New bi-annual conference series on medical ethicsOn June 14-16 more than 70 speakers from over 20 countries presented their research in Uppsala. This was the first in a bi-annual series of conferences arranged by CRB and Cesagen. The next meeting will be held in Cardiff on June 11-13 2012. Sign up for more information >
Conference report > The programme and abstract book are also available for download > |
Selected recent publicationsHöglund AT, in: Never Mind the Gap! Gendering Science in Transgressive Encounters, Blomqvist M & Ehnsmyr, E (eds), Skrifter från Centrum för genusvetenskap / Crossroads of Knowledge 15, Universitetstryckeriet, Uppsala 2010
Hypothetical and factual willingness to participate in biobank research Johnsson, L, Helgesson, G, Rafnar, T, Halldorsdottir, I, Chia, KS, Eriksson, S, and Hansson MG, European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication 21 July 2010; doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.106
Duties to Past Persons: Moral Standing and Posthumous Interests of Old Human Remains Masterton M, doctoral thesis, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2010.
Svalastog, Anna Lydia & Eriksson, Stefan, Developing World Bioethics, Vol 10, 2 2010
Taking the patient’s side: the ethics of pharmacogenetics Hansson, Mats G., Personalized Medicine, 2010:7(1): 75-85
Kuhlau, F. and Hart, J., In: Burgess, J. P. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of New Security Studies. Routledge, 2010
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