24th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care

The focus of the conference is on ethical and philosophical issues related to human nature, medicine and health care.

 

A registration form will be circulated by the ESPMH Secretariat. Please return it to this Secretariat as soon as possible, but no later than 01 April 2010, including the registration fee, which should be transferred to the ESPMH Treasurer according to the data provided on the registration form. The registration fee includes: Welcome Reception (Wednesday), 2 lunches, refreshments during breaks, Conference Dinner (Friday) and an abstract book.

 

The registration fee for accompanying persons includes the Welcome Reception (Wednesday) and the Conference Dinner (Friday).

 

 

NB: The registration fee for participants who are not a member of ESPMH is higher than for ESPMH members.

 

 

 

The following social activities will be offered:

 

The University of Zagreb (1669) is the oldest and biggest university in South-Eastern Europe. Ever since its foundation, the University has been continually growing and developing and now consist of 29 faculties, three art academies and the Centre for Croatian Studies. With its comprehensive programmes and over 50,000 full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students the University is the strongest teaching institution in Croatia.  It offers a wide range of academic degree courses leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees in the following fields: Arts, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Engineering, Humanities, Natural and Social Sciences. It is also a strongly research-oriented institution, contributing with over 50 percent to the total research output of the country. http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/

 

 

1874 - When the Emperor Franz Joseph visited Zagreb in 1869, he signed an Article of Law concerning the establishment of the University of Zagreb, giving it his Royal Assent five years later, o­n 5 January 1874. According to this Law the University should have had four faculties: Law, Theology, Philosophy and Medicine. The first two faculties were formally organized, and he Faculty of Philosophy started to expand into several independent faculties. Finally, in the academic year 1917-18, the Medical Faculty was founded. www.mef.hr

 

 

“Andrija Štampar“ School of Public health is a part of Zagreb Medical School and the institution that has been in charge of teaching different public health course on undergraduate and postgraduate level.

“Andrija Štampar” School of Public Health was founded in 1927 as one of the first schools of public health in this region of Europe. Its influence on the health promotion and prevention in this region is outstanding. It founder Dr. Andrija Štampar, was later dean of Zagreb medical School and an important member of the WHO. After the Second World War School became a part of Zagreb Medical School and a basis for teaching medical students public health subjects. It was here that one the first postgraduate studies in the world in family medicine was founded in 1956 and a postgraduate course in school medicine was formed in 1951.Through the last 50-years the School has formed a number of postgraduate courses and specializations form the field of public health (epidemiology, occupational medicine, family medicine, public health, health management, school medicine, medical ecology).Form the 19080-ties the Scholl was actively involved in ethics teaching. It started a Human Rights and Medicine Course in Dubrovnik where before the fall of iron curtain ethicists form east and west had a chance to meet and discuss various issues. www.snz.hr