CfP: International Conference: “Healthcare as a Public Space. Social Integration and Social Diversity in the Context of Access to Healthcare in Europe”
Healthcare,
understood as a medical space, is an excellent example of a public
space that models the processes of social integration and social equity.
In a general sense, healthcare can connect diverse groups of a society
under the common idea of health and illness. However, depending on its
organization, it can also influence societal segregation of minority
groups. Although the issues of minorities’ equality are central to
European Institutions, European guidelines are mostly still not observed
in the national legal regulations and healthcare practice.
The
project “Healthcare as a Public Space: Social Integration and Social
Diversity in the Context of Access to Healthcare in Europe” focuses on
diversity in the general social context of healthcare, viewed as a
public space, as well as in the specific context of medical
institutions. The aim of this project is to generate systematic and
in-depth knowledge about how and to what degree the European norms and
guidelines concerning diversity are implemented in national legal
regulations in Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, and Poland and how they are
realized in clinical practice in these countries. The project studies
the ethical, cultural, and normative aspects of integration and
exclusion in the healthcare sector.
During
the conference, international experts in the field will deliver invited
lecture. In parallel, the conference will include sessions dealing with
the topics related to diversity in healthcare in Europe (i.e. cultural,
ethnic, religious, gender and other aspects). Proposals from other
areas related to the topic of the conference are also welcome. Based on
their abstracts, participants will be selected to present their talks.
Presentations should be no longer than 15 minutes in length.
The
presentations of the conference’s participants and other invited
authors will be published in a volume with conference proceedings.
Interested
participants are invited to submit their applications consisting of a
scientific abstract of the presentation (up to 500 words) as well as a
short academic resumé (both in English) until 15th of August 2019 in electronic form (PDF) by e-mail to the coordinator of the conference, Dr. Robert Doričić.
For further questions, please contact Dr. Robert Doričić. The costs of
travel, board and lodging will be covered. There is no conference fee.
The number of participants is limited.
Contact Info:
Dr. Marcin Orzechowski
Institute for the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University, Germany