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News, blogs, jobs, press articles, reports and think pieces from around the field of medical ethics, bioethics and law. This page is a mixture of news from the IME and others that we are aware of. You can filter all news by category, year and/or month in order to find exactly what you are looking for. Please contact us to get your news, blog, jobs, press articles, reports and think pieces featured here.
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Medical Ethics in a Technologically Advancing World – the 2019 IME Student Conference
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‘Elective Ethical Toolkit – an essential for medical students working abroad’, Dr R Shoulder
Dr Richard Shoulder was awarded an elective bursary 2017/18 for his project entitled 'Elective Ethical Toolkit - an essential for medical students working abroad' whilst in his final year at University of Bristol.
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Make Do or Amend: Should We Update UK Fertility and Embryo Law?
Progress Educational Trust received an institutional grant to fund the attendance of eight medical students at their annual conference 'Make Do or Amend: Should We Update UK Fertility and Embryo Law?', December 2018. Read their report below
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13th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law, Jerusalem, 2018
Gemma Skilton, a final year medical student at the University of Birmingham, received an IME grant to present her paper. Read her report below as an example of the IME enabling students to participate in an international conference & to hear diverse views on important topics.
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13th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law, Jerusalem, 2018
Sam Calmonson, a final year medical student at University of Birmingham, received an IME conference grant to give an oral presentation at the 13th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law, Jerusalem, November 2018. Read his report below
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American Society for Bioethics & Humanities (ASBH) conference & International Neuroethics Society (INS) meeting
Paolo Corsico, PhD student, University of Manchester School of Law, received an IME conference grant to present at the American Society for Bioethics & Humanities conference, & the International Neuroethics Society annual meeting, 2018. Read his report below
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Conscientious Objection in Healthcare
Toni Saad, a final year student at Cardiff University, was the recipient of a 2018 IME Elective Bursary. Read his report below
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IME Spring Conference: Rights, Access & Entitlement to Healthcare on 9 March 2018
Lydia Daniels, a third year medical student at Imperial College London, was given an IME grant to attend our 2018 Spring Conference. Read her report below
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics: Ethical challenges in bioscience and health policy for the UK Parliament
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‘Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Lessons from Belgium’ Cambridge University Press 2017
D. Jones, C. Gastmans, C. MacKellar (Eds.)
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Basic Understanding of Genome Editing
The Progress Educational Trust report entitled 'Basic Understanding of Genome Editing' (Sept 2017) summarizes the findings of a project they carried out with their fellow charity Genetic Alliance UK, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The project explored what patients and laypeople think and know about genome editing and its implications, and developed recommendations for how best to discuss genome editing in public. See report below
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Should religious patients be considered autonomous in their decision-making?
Simrit Kudhail, a 4th year student at University of Birmingham, was awarded IME funding to enable him to present at the UNESCO 12th World Conference in Bioethics, March 2017, Limassol, Cyprus. Read his report below
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