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Understanding various aspects of Nursing Ethics
The objective of the 6th edition of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational and methodological approaches as well as on contemporary and educational issues in nursing ethics. During the course, national and international experts and keynote speaker Dr.Helen Kohlen will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics. There will be time for intensive discussions. The aims of this course are: (1) To analyse fundamental notions that are being discussed in the field of nursing…
Find out more »Symposium Performing Care
December 15, Amanda Stuart Fisher (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London) and James Thompson (University of Manchester) are organizing the symposium Performing Care in London (UK). Keynote speaker is Maurice Hamington (Portland State University, Oregon) It is thirty years since Nel Noddings asked ‘why care about caring? (Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics 1986). Noddings’s book signaled a shift in moral philosophy away from conceptualisations of an autonomous human subject and towards concepts of relationality and dependence.…
Find out more »Suffering, Death and Palliative Care
Advanced European Bioethics Course ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’ organized by the section of Healthcare Ethics, IQ healthcare, (Radboudumc university medical centre) Aim of the course is to educate participants on a range of ethical issues related to suffering and dying, palliative care and medically assisted death. The key-note lecture will be held by prof. Philip Larkin, president of the European Association for Palliative Care and Professor of Clinical Nursing (Palliative Care) at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University…
Find out more »The evolution of “Care” in France and in Japan
This Seminar is dedicated to the analysis of the evolution of "Care" in France and in Japan. Firstly, the situations and the voices of the French and Japanese nurses working on the place of residence of their patients will be presented. We shall show the reasons and the consequences of a domestic support more important in Japan than in France. The conditions will be also approached under which these activities could be more professionalized. So, beyond the care in the…
Find out more »The many faces of neoliberalism
Neoliberalism, unexpectedly and unavoidably, has many faces. On June 15 Thomas Biebricher, (professor in political theory and philosophy at Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany) will present his thoughts on the many faces of neoliberalism. He does so on the invitation of the Foundation Critical Ethics of Care and his presentation will take place at VU Amsterdam. Prof. dr. Andries Baart and prof. dr. Govert Buijs will respond to his lecture. Some of Biebricher's key articles have been translated into Dutch…
Find out more »Ethics in Dementia Care
The 3rd edition of the Summer Course on Ethics in Dementia Care (Leuven, Belgium, 5-7 July 2017) The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organizational-ethical approaches to dementia care practices..During the Summer Course, national and international experts will give presentations on various ethical topics in the domain of dementia care. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be English. The Summer Course is of interest to participants from diverse…
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