The Children’s Bioethics Centre is proud to announce the 15th National Paediatrics Bioethics Conference, ‘The cases we carry: navigating ethical complexity in paediatrics’, to be held on 4-6th September, 2024 at The Royal Children’s Hospital.
About the Conference
Navigating the complexities of paediatric clinical practice can sometimes leave us with moral residue. In some cases, the appropriate course of action is unclear, clinical advice doesn’t align with the wishes of parents or of the child, or we are constrained from providing optimal care.
Some cases can continue to haunt us long after the patient has left our care. They can leave us feeling uncertain and unsettled; did we promote the wellbeing of the child and act in their best overall interests? Did we do the right thing? Could we have done things differently, or done more?
The 15th National Paediatric Bioethics Conference aims to explore and unpack some of the features of the cases that we carry, and identify why it is that we carry them. In reflecting on and debating the ethical dimensions of these cases, we aim to deepen our understanding of the ethical issues in paediatric care and sharpen our ethical thinking in future cases.
Speakers
We are honoured to be joined by our international keynote speaker, Dr Georgina Morley (Center for Bioethics & Stanley S. Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA) and we also welcome our national keynote speaker, Prof. Ian Kerridge (Haematologist/Bone Marrow Transplant physician and Professor of Bioethics and Medicine at Sydney Health Ethics).
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!!
The National Paediatrics Bioethics Conference is free for all RCH, MCRI and UniMelb affiliated staff and students. A registration fee applies for all RCH senior medical staff with access to CME, and external delegates.
