This conference will be organized by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (espmh), the Center for Bioethics & Biolaw at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, as well as the Bioethics Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Science. The conference will focus on challenges posed by moral, religious and cultural diversity to healthcare, the life sciences and bioethics. Anyone wishing to present a paper at the conference should submit an abstract in Word format (500 words maximum) before March 1, 2020. Please send abstracts to: Prof. Bert Gordijn, Secretary of the ESPMH, Institute of Ethics, Dublin City University, Ireland at bert.gordijn@dcu.ie
34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care on "Diversity and Bioethics"
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