Time, Harm and Uncertainty: themes in the Ethics of Infectious Disease

UCL's Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health is pleased to announce a half-day workshop on the ethics of infectious disease control, 30 November 2012. The workshop examines three themes: dealing with uncertainty in preventing infections; the use of the harm principle in assessing the ethical justifiability of infection control measures, and the threat of antibiotic resistance.

There is no registration fee but it is is necessary to reserve a place in advance by emailing James Wilson ([email protected]).

Programme

14.00 - 14.10 Registration
14.10 - 15.00 Michael Millar (Division of Infection, Barts and The London NHS Trust) The  Prevention of Infectious Disease and the Weight that we give to Uncertainties.

15.00 - 15.50 André Krom (Department of Philosophy, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University) Trade-offs in infectious disease control. Part II: Public health measures as potential restrictions of individual liberty

15.50 - 16.10 Tea 

16.10 - 17.00 Jasper Littmann (Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health and Division of Medicine, UCL)Intergenerational Justice and Antibiotic Resistance.

17.00 Close

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