The Future of Consent: Workshop 1
Beijing, China, 18 - 19 September 2009
The first workshop in The Future of Consent research programme was jointly organised by Centre of Bioethics (Chinese Academy of Medical Science/Peking Union Medical College) and the Department of Philosophy, Lancaster University. It took place in Beijing on 18-19 September 2009. Seven sessions were held over two days consisting of six papers with commentaries and a final “roundtable” session. As well as the workshop participants the audience also included local Chinese academics and graduate students. Topics discussed included:
- the justification of informed consent in ethical theory;
- the justification of, and limits of, paternalism in public health;
- contrasts between Chinese conceptions of informed consent and Western conceptions;
- problems with international ethical guidelines when faced with cultural differences about consent and its importance;
- consent in international research and its relation to issues about global justice and exploitation;
- methods for managing informed consent procedures that respect subjects informational limitations whilst protecting researchers and clinicians.
1 |
Richard Arneson (University of California, Berkeley) ‘Autonomy, Consequences, and the Significance of Consent’ |
Lu Feng (Tsinghua University, Beijing) |
2 |
Qiu Renzong (Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences): ‘Consent: Difficulties in Practices and Challenges in Theories’ |
David Archard (Lancaster University) |
3 |
Angus Dawson (Centre for Professional Ethics, Keele University): ‘Consent, Choice and the Ends of Health Promotion’ |
Liu Jie (Shandong University, Jinan) |
4 |
Zhai Xioamei (Peking Union Medical College, Centre for Bioethics): ‘Consent: tension between International Guidelines vs. Native Culture’ |
Neil Manson (Lancaster University) |
5 |
John McMillan (University of Hull): ‘Ancillary Care, Negotiated Community Consent and the Obligations of Global Justice’ |
Liao Shenbai (Beijing Normal University) |
6 |
Matthew Liao (Oxford University): ‘Improving Informed Consent’ |
Hu Linying (Peking University) |
7 |
Roundtable Discussion (all)
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