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International Care Ethics Observatory News
The International Care Ethics (ICE) Observatory is based in the School of Health and Social Care, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
The overall aim of the ICE Observatory is to engage in research and scholarship that illuminates the importance and complexity of care activities and underpins innovative and effective interventions that develop and sustain ethical care practices. The ICE Observatory acts as an inter-disciplinary, national and international hub of educational, organizational and research expertise and activity to revalue care and promote an in-depth understanding of, and commitment to, ethics in health and social care. In addition to initiating and promoting international research, the Centre also hosts an annual conference, regular ethics seminars and a post-graduate professional ethics summer school.
Call for Abstracts: ethics and human rights in health and social care
Practitioners, researchers, educators, managers and students in the field of health and social care from around the world are invited to attend and participate in this conference to engage in plenary lectures, panel discussions and oral presentations.
Everyday ethics in health and social care; Political aspects of ethics in care; Globalization and care ethics; Interconnection between care and nursing ethics; Interconnection between ethics and human rights in healthcare; Moral distress in care professionals and its consequences; Virtues (e.g. courage) in care and nursing; Ethics and professional regulation; Ethical climate in health and social care organisations; Students’ perspectives on ethics in care; Students’ perspectives on human rights in care; Care practices, ethics and boundaries; Care practices, human rights and boundaries; Multi-disciplinary perspectives on ethics in care; Ethical issues in caring for vulnerable populations; Human rights issues in caring for vulnerable populations; Ethical issues in nursing education; Ethics and human rights in health education; Ethics and human rights in health research; Ethics and human rights in health management; Cultural dimensions of ethical care; Flourishing of care-recipients and care-givers; Philosophical perspectives on ethics in care; The development and value of codes of ethics; The future of ethics in care; Ethics and human rights and simulation.
Guidelines for submission of abstracts
All abstracts must be submitted online to e-mail –
All abstract submissions and presentations must be written in English or Portuguese.
The abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and reflect the content of the presentation.
The deadline for abstract submission is
Scientific committee members will review and select submitted abstracts.
Contact author will automatically receive an e-mail confirming the acceptance of his/her abstract before
All accepted abstracts will be published in the programme and abstracts book.
In order for your abstract to be included in the Final Programme and in the Abstract book, the presenting author must register and pay the registration fee by
If you have any further queries, please send an e-mail:
Specific Instructions for Oral Presentation
The oral presentation must be in English or Portuguese.
Oral presentations should be uploaded to the main presentation computer in the slide-check room 2 hours before the presentation time.
Important Information
E-mail:
Call for nominations: 2016 Human Rights and Nursing Awards
The Human Rights and Nursing Awards are presented to any nurse in recognition of an outstanding commitment to human rights and exemplifying the essence of nursing’s philosophy of humanity.
Criteria for the Human Rights and Nursing Award
The Directors and local Management Committee review all nominations for the Human Rights Award annually: The contributions and accomplishments of the nominee must be of international significance to human rights. The contributions of the nominee have influenced healthcare and/or nursing practice.
Please contact Dr Verena Tschudin, University of Surrey, if you know of a nurse in your country who is worthy of such an award. There is now a significant financial component, and these awards can help develop human rights-related activities.
Verena can be reached via e-mail at:
Second edition of the Summer Course on Ethics in Dementia Care (Leuven, Belgium, 6–8 July 2016)
The Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law of the KU Leuven is organising the second edition of the Summer Course on Ethics in Dementia Care (Leuven, Belgium, 6–8 July 2016). The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical–ethical and organisational–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 professional backgrounds, such as medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, gerontology, healthcare administration, philosophy and theology and to PhD students undertaking courses of study in these areas. Detailed information on programme, funding opportunities, registration and payment can be found at our website www.cbmer.be under Summer Course.
Online newsfeeds about nursing ethics and healthcare ethics
Automated newsfeeds from Nursing Times.net
For up to date news items, analysis and nursing practice:
Please visit: http://www.nursingtimes.net/register/ or follow on Twitter: @NursingTimes
Automated newsfeeds from NSW Health
This website provides up-to-date information on developments in health law and ethics from Australia and around the world. For more information, visit: http://www.ehln.org/ or Follow on Twitter: @EthicsHealthLaw
Online Resources on Nursing Ethics and Healthcare Ethics
International Council for Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics
For the latest revised 2012 version of the Code of ethics for nurses.
Please visit: http://www.icn.ch/about-icn/code-of-ethics-for-nurses/
Top 25 Nursing Ethics Blogs
The International Centre for Nursing Ethics (ICNE) is listed as one of the top 25 nursing ethics blogs. For more information on other blogs see: http://lpntobsnonline.org/2010/top-25-nursing-ethics-blogs/ or Follow on Twitter: @LPN2BSNOnline
WHO
The WHO has published the document: ‘Global health ethics: key issues’, which aims to assist policy-makers, healthcare providers and researchers to understand key concepts in health ethics and to identify basic ethical questions surrounding health and healthcare. It illustrates the challenges of applying ethical principles to global public health and outlines practical strategies for dealing with those challenges. More information can be found at: http://www.who.int/ethics/publications/global-health-ethics/en/
Hastings Center
This website offers news, information and resources relating to fundamental ethical issues in the areas of health, medicine and environment that affect individuals, communities and societies. For more information, visit http://www.thehastingscenter.org/ or follow on Twitter: @hastingcenter
BioEdge
BioEdge is edited by Michael Cook who is based in Melbourne, Australia and provides regular updates and news regarding bioethics around the world.
Go to: http://www.bioedge.org/ or follow on Twitter: @bioedge
Global Health Ethics
The Global Health Ethics website offers a virtual space for dialogue on shared ethical concerns and support on unique ethical dilemmas. This website is available in several languages. Go to: http://www.globalhealthethics.org/
Global Ethics Observatory
The Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs) is a system of databases covering a range of areas in bioethics and applied ethics in science and technology such as environmental ethics, science ethics and technology ethics. This website is available in six different languages via the UNESCO platform. Go to: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/global-ethics-observatory/access-geobs/
Amnesty International
This website offers news, information and resources relating to health and human rights. Readers can sign up for the fortnightly electronic bulletin for health professionals and access links to related websites. Go to http://www.amnesty.org/en/health-and-human-rights or follow on Twitter: @amnesty
International Bioethics Committee
The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) is a body of 36 independent experts that follows progress in the life sciences and its applications in order to ensure respect for human dignity and freedom. It was created in 1993. For more information on the work of this committee, visit the following link: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/bioethics/international-bioethics-committee/
Center for Ethics and Human Rights of the American Nurses Association
The Center is committed to addressing the complex ethical and human rights issues confronting nurses and designing activities and programmes to increase the ethical competence and human rights sensitivity of nurses. Through the Center, American Nurses Association’s (ANA) abiding commitment to the human rights dimensions of healthcare is demonstrated. Go to: http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics promotes academic research and educational activities globally in the field of bioethics and aims at engaging students, trainees, the public and policy-makers in serious discourse about related issues. The bulletin website offers news, information and resources relating to bioethics. Go to: http://bioethicsbulletin.org/ or follow on Twitter: @bermaninstitute
Canadian Bioethics Society
The Canadian Bioethics Society (CBS) is a national, member-driven, registered charity serving as a forum for individuals interested in sharing ideas relating to bioethics. Members of the CBS are engaged in a wide variety of activities including research in bioethics; health policy; bioethics teaching and education; research ethics; delivery and planning of health and healthcare; and public engagement and consultation on bioethics issues, among others. For more information, visit the following link: https://www.bioethics.ca/
World Health Organization Global Health Ethics Unit
The Global Health Ethics Unit (WHO) provides a focal point for the examination of ethical issues raised by activities throughout the organization. The unit also supports member states in addressing ethical issues that arise in their own countries. This includes a range of global bioethics topics; from public health surveillance to developments in genomics, and from research with human beings to fair access to health services. Go to: http://www.who.int/ethics/en/