Retractions

The New York Times reports on a growing concern about researchers’ misconduct and journal editors’ need to retract previously published articles: The journal [Infection and Immunity] wound up retracting six of the papers from the author, Naoki Mori of the University of the Ryukyus in Japan. And it soon became clear that Infection and Immunity [...]

CFS: The Journal of Hospital Ethics

The Center for Ethics at MedStar Washington Hospital Center publishes The Journal of Hospital Ethics (JOHE) three times a year. As clinical ethics experts in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding metro area, the Center for Ethics develops, promotes and maintains the highest standards in clinical ethics knowledge. We answer ethically challenging questions raised in a [...]

CFP: Colo Ethics Forum

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: CHEF 2012: Borders and Barriers: Mapping a Moral Path Deadline: February 15th, 2012 The 2012 Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum Conference will be held April 26th and 27th, 2012 at The Stonebrook Manor Event Center and Gardens in Thornton, Colorado. This year’s theme is Borders and Barriers: Mapping a Moral Path. Ethics is [...]

CFP: Entity and Identity in Bioethics, Paris International Conference

Entity and Identity in Bioethics, Paris International Conference Location: France | Call for Papers Deadline: February 10, 2012 The purpose of this conference is twofold: firstly, to engage researchers with different cultural, political, philosophical, religious backgrounds in a debate on the close relation between entity and identity in bioethics; and secondly, to obtain a better [...]

CFP: Health, Culture, Human Body (conference)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: The 2nd international and interdisciplinary conference on Health, Culture and the Human Body: Epidemiology, ethics and history of medicine, perspectives from Turkey and Central Europe Istanbul, Turkey, 13-15 September 2012 Demographic change in a globalized world raises not only social and economic issues but also ethical problems within the medical system of [...]

CFP: Science Policy, Social Values

Call for Papers: Science-Policy Interactions and Social Values | Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology conference on Science-Policy Interactions and Social Values at the University of Texas at Dallas, April 13-14th, 2012 The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology seeks proposals for papers and symposia for a conference to wrap up [...]

CFP: Oncology Ethics

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Expert Meeting: Ethics in Oncology: New ethical issues, May 11-12, 2012 Organisers:Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Heidelberg University and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital Target group: Researchers and practioners in the fields of oncology, medical ethics, history of medicine, philosophy, psychology, theology, law, nursing and [...]

CFP: Ethics Education

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: ETHICS EDUCATION IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Inaugural International Conference on Education in Ethics, 1-3 May, 2012, Pittsburgh, USA This conference is organized by the International Association for Education in Ethics (IAEE) and the Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA. The aims of IAEE are (a) to enhance and expand the [...]

CFS: Innovation, Global Health

 Call for Papers: Technology and Innovation- Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors, SPECIAL ISSUE: Innovative Research in Global Health We are currently soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on innovative studies on global health. Technology and Innovation presents information encompassing the entire field of applied sciences with a focus on transformative technology and academic [...]

CFP: Empathy Conference

Call for Papers–Empathy: Self, Society, Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington, Nov 11-12, 2011 Keynote speakers: Carolyn Dean (Brown University), Nancy Eisenberg (Arizona State University), Nancy Sherman (Georgetown University) Growing out of a two-year grant-supported project on “Virtuous Empathy: Scientific and Humanistic Investigations,” this symposium aims to explore theories and practices of empathy. For more information about [...]