Ethicists Network

Bulletin of the Ethicists Network

March 2011

Dear Colleagues,

In this bulletin there is information about a number of activities likely to be of Interest to you: a dignity in care conference in London: the 2011 ICNE conference; student essay prize; memorial conference; and forthcoming professional ethics courses at the Universities of Surrey and Leuven.

The most imminent event is a collaborative conference organised by the journals Nursing Ethics and Ethics & Social Welfare, the Royal College of Nursing and the British Association of Social Work. The one-day conference Dignity in Health and Social Care: Politics, Policy and Practice will take place in central London on Saturday 14th May. Plenary speakers are: Baroness Mary Warnock; Malcolm Payne; Barbara Pointon and Harry Cayton.For further Information and registration details see http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/event_details/rcn_eventsms/?a=363460 Spaces are limited to you are advised to book as soon as possible.

We have now finalised details of the 2011 September ICNE conference. The Call for Abstracts is within this bulletin. Please circulate this to colleagues who may be interested. I will look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible. Registration information will be available on the ICNE web-site over the next week (see http://www.surrey.ac.uk/fhms/research/centres/icne/about/.) The conference promises to be an exciting and truly international and wide-ranging applied ethics event with keynote speakers confirmed from: Brazil (Isabel Mendes); Canada (Jan Storch); Finland (Riitta Suhonen); Germany (Helen Kohlen); and the UK (Steve Edwards and Susanne Gibson). The Human Rights and Nursing awards will also be presented at the conference.

In addition, this Bulletin has dates for your diary regarding key nursing ethics events. Please make a note of the memorial event in June for the late Professor Paul Wainwright, who had been a friend and colleague to many of us.

1 Please also note the Paul Wainwright Nursing Ethics Student Essay Prize that will appear in Nursing Ethics. Please encourage your students to apply. Do send me notice of events in your countries so I can advertise in the Bulletin.

*** Call for Abstracts

12th International ICNE conference

Researching Nursing Ethics and the Ethics of Research

7th – 8th September 2011

The International Centre for Nursing Ethics, University of Surrey

Venue : Continuing Education Centre, Senate House, University of Surrey

We invite abstract submissions on the theme of ‘Researching Nursing Ethics and the Ethics of Research’ for the annual nursing ethics conference hosted by the International Centre for Nursing Ethics, University of Surrey, UK. This conference places a special emphasis on research ethics and ethical issues that arise in healthcare research. The scientific committee invites abstracts from those engaged in empirical research and philosophical work on all aspects of ethics research and research ethics in healthcare. The conference will be comprised of plenary presentations and concurrent oral presentations. We welcome and encourage both experienced and first time presenters. The aims of the conference are to:

 strengthen the network of researchers, teachers, practitioners and students in the field of nursing and healthcare ethics

 develop an international dialogue in relation to ethics and research

 provide a retrospective and the opportunity to reflect critically on nursing ethics as a developing discipline

 anticipate and prepare for ethical challenges in health and social care research in a global context

A condition of submission is that if accepted one of the authors will present at the conference.

Closing date for submission of abstracts: 15th May 2011

Abstracts are to be submitted to: Ann Gallagher ([email protected]) Abstracts should include: Purpose, theoretical/conceptual framework, sub- jects, method, and results and conclusions, as applicable. The text may not exceed 300 words and should be single-spaced. The abstract should include:

2 title of research; name(s) and credentials of author(s); current position; mail- ing address, email address and phone number of author who is to be notified regarding selection. Please put this subject for your email submission - ICNE-2011Abstract. Thank you *** Commemorative Conference for Professor Paul Wainwright

Institute of Life Science College of Medicine, Swansea University 28th June 2011, 10am-4pm, ILS Seminar Room 1

This conference will commemorate the life and work of the late Professor Paul Wainwright, Muriel Powell Chair of Nursing, Kingston University and St George’s University of London, and will focus on a range of academic perspectives including: health services research, medical humanities, philosophy and nursing ethics.

Speakers

Professor Martyn Evans, Professor of Humanities in Medicine, Durham University

Dr Ann Gallagher, Reader in Nursing Ethics, Surrey University

Professor Helen Kohlen, Professor of Care Policy, Ethics and Community Nursing, University of Vallendar, Germany

Professor Frances Rapport, Professor of Qualitative Health Research, Swansea University

Professor Derek Sellman, Professor of Nursing, University of Alberta, Canada

Further details may be obtained from: Professor Steven Edwards [email protected] OR Professor Frances Rapport [email protected]

To register, please contact Professor Steven Edwards: email [email protected]

This event is free of charge and we would like to acknowledge the kind contribution of the Royal College of Nursing, and the International Centre for Nursing Ethics, to this conference".

3 Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Credits / Level of Study 15 Credits / Level M Module Code NURM015

Module Summary / Aims The overall module aims to provide opportunities for students to critically engage with issues and debates regarding professional ethics in organisational, local and global context. The module will be of particular interest to those engaged in clinical ethics, research ethics and professional education. It will also be of interest to those who wish to study ethics at a higher level.

Required Pre-requisite Study: First degree or ability to work at M Level

Module Content - The content is organised along the following themes:

Professional ethics - Students will consider the relationship between ethics and being a ‘professional’, between personal and professional ethics and between individual and organisational ethics. What does it mean to belong to a profession? Do different professions prioritise different values? What ethical issues and dilemmas arise in professional practice and how might these be responded to? There will also be discussion regarding the role of professionals in clinical ethics and research ethics.

Theoretical ethics - This examines the development of ethical theory and provides opportunities for student to engage critically with approaches to applied ethics. Students will be introduced to principle- based ethics, virtues-based ethics and consequence-based ethics. A framework for ethical analysis will be introduced to facilitate the application of ethics to practice situations.

Empirical ethics - There is a growing body of research relating to professional ethics. Rather than prescribing what professionals ought to do (as theoretical ethics) this describes what they actually do and what they think about particular issues. Empirical ethics also examines the perspectives of service users, families and others regarding ethical aspects of health and social care. Students will be facilitated to critically examine a sample of empirical ethics reports.

Regulatory ethics - Professionals are guided and bound by a range of policies, protocols and professional codes. This section of the module considers the role of such guidelines and prescriptions and the role of regulatory bodies in supporting ethical practice. Professional codes will be compared and discussed and the meaning of misconduct and good conduct explored.

4 Global ethics - Globalisation has had a significant impact on our personal and professional lives. It has resulted in ethical challenges (relating, for example, to professional migration, war, natural disasters and pandemics) and ethical opportunities. The opportunities include sharing and learning from ethical perspectives from other parts of the world. Students will be enabled to debate the meaning and possibility of a global professional ethics.

Commences 2011 18th to 22nd July

Mode of Study Face-to-face teaching, lectures, seminars, case- based workshops

Assessment An ethical analysis of a practice situations drawing on one ethical approach and demonstrating critical analysis - word limit 3,000 words (100%)

Location FHMS, Duke of Kent Building, University of Surrey

Cost £790.00

Module Leader Ann Gallagher [email protected] 00 44 (0)1483 689462

Module Administrator Kate Jordan [email protected] 00 44 (0)1483 682957 ***

NURSING ETHICS

Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Education- al Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics

Date & Location: Leuven, Belgium, 7-9 December 2011

Organised by: Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law Faculty of Medicine Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Coordinator: Chris Gastmans, PhD

Keynote Speaker: Ann Gallagher, Chris Gastmans, PhD Centre for Bio- PhD International Centre for Nursing medical Ethics and Law, K.U.Leuven Ethics, University of Surrey, UK, Editor Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Nursing Ethics Staff: PhD, RN Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, K.U.Leuven

5 Joke Lemiengre, PhD, RN Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, K.U.Leuven Yvonne Denier, PhD Centre for Bio- medical Ethics and Law, K.U.Leuven Linus Vanlaere, PhD sTimul: Care Ethics Lab, Moorsele

Objectives: The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational and methodological approaches as well as on contemporary and educa- tional issues in nursing ethics.

Format: This course works from an interdisciplinary (philosophical, theologic- al, nursing, clinical-ethical) perspective. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics.

Participants: The course is of interest to participants from diverse professional backgrounds, such as nursing, medicine, philosophy and theology, health care administration, and PhD students undertaking courses of study in these areas. The intensive course Nursing Ethics is part of the Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics programme organised by a consortium of three European universities, namely the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (The Netherlands) and the Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy). Because of this combination, participants of the intensive course Nursing Ethics, will join Master students from all over the world.

Price: The course fee will be € 650 if you register as a participant before Oc- tober 15th 2011, € 750 for registration from October 15th 2011 onwards. This fee includes tuition and course materials, as well as refreshments, three lunches, a dinner and a concert in the Concert hall of Bruges. Detailed information on registration and payment can be found at our website www.masterbioethics.org under Intensive Courses.

Information: Chris Gastmans PhD and Chantal De Keersmaecker K.U.Leuven: Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law Kapucijnenvoer 35/3 box 7001 3000 Leuven Belgium

E-mail: [email protected] Tel. 00 32 16 33 69 26 Fax 00 32 16 33 69 52 www.cbmer.be www.masterbioethics.org

NURSING ETHICS AT SURREY ON FACEBOOK!

Many of you already have Facebook accounts. This seems to be a good way to engage in discussion and keep up to date with issues of common interest. We agreed at the last Nursing Ethics Editorial Board that we should set up an account so that those interested in nursing ethics can connect and network

6 so…with the help of my colleague, Penny Robinson, a Nursing Ethics at Surrey account has now been set up on Facebook. Do check it out.

An invitation to share your views and news

I am keen to develop our networks and to ensure that innovations, good practices, events and resources in nursing ethics are disseminated as widely as possible

I look forward to hearing from you and developing the Bulletin and the website in the light of your responses. Email your responses to me at the email address below. Thank you.

In the meantime, please use this Network to inform colleagues of initiatives, conferences, news or events that you would like to disseminate here or send to the e-mail addresses below.

Please do pass on this Bulletin to colleagues who may be interested. Thank you

I look forward to hearing from you.

Very best wishes Ann Gallagher [email protected] [email protected]