- News and Notes
Publisher’s Note
Conferences and Symposia
South Africa
Date: 28 July–1 August 1996
Description The 11th World Congress on Medical Law
Location: Sun City
Contact: Congress Secretariat, International Centre of Medicine & Law, 51 Buhrmannsdrif 2867, South Africa (tel.: 27 140 842470/1; fax: 27 140 24894)
United Kingdom
Date: 15–19 July 1996
Organization: Twenty-Third Hume Society Conference & The British Society for the History of Philosophy
Description: Conference
Location: University of Nottingham
Contact: Saul Traiger, Philosophy, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041-3392, U.S.A.
Date: 20–22 September 1996
Organization: Royal Institute of Philosophy
Theme: Thought and Language
Location: University of Reading
Contact: John Preston, Philosophy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, England (e-mail: j.preston@reading.ac.uk)
U. S. A
Date: 23–25 August 1996
Organization: CEREC Center of Southeast Florida
Description: Clinical Ethics Seminar
Theme: Ethical Issues in the Care of Incompetent Patients
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Contact: Dr. Jos V. M. Welie, CEREC Center of Southeast Florida, P.O. Box 292932, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33329 (Tel/Fax: 305-424-9304; e-mail: jwelie@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us)
Networks and Local Groups
Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
Organization: Local Chapters (United States)
Description: Cleveland, Ohio
Contact: Michael Alan Schwartz, Department of Psychiatry, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106
Description: Dallas, Texas
Contact: John Z. Sadler, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75235-9070
Description: New Haven, Connecticut
Contact: James Phillips, 88 Noble Avenue, Milford, CT 06460
Description: Seattle, Washington
Contact: Mark D. Sullivan, Department of Psychiatry, RP-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Description: Washington, DC
Contact: Brad Lewis, 2112 F Street, N.W., No. 201, Washington, DC 20009
Society for Philosophy and the Science of Psyche, Berlin, Germany
Contact: Christian Kupke, Leibnir Str. 86, D-10625, Berlin; Dr. Martin Heinze, Department for Social Psychiatry, Platanenalle 19, D-14050, Berlin
Network for Bioethics
Description: Centre d’Etudes sur la Reconnaissance de la Personne Humaine-C.E.R.P.H. (Centre for Human Personhood Recognition Studies)
Contact: Dr. P. Goube de Laforest, C.E.R.P.H., BP 577, 86021 Poitiers, France (tel: (33) 49 46 17 30; fax: (33) 49 44 38 36)
Description: Inter-Seminary Institute at the City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute: The Inter-Seminary Institute at the City of Hope offers training in caring for seriously ill people for clergy, including psychosocial, ethical, spiritual, and other dimensions of care
Contact: Dr. Norman T. Mendel, Rabbi, Director, Institute for Applied Healthcare Ethics, City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, 1500 E. Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010-3000 (fax: 818-930-5335)
Network for Psychiatric Ethics
Description: International Association of Bioethics (IAB)
Contact: Professor George Agich, Department of Medical Humanities, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 19230, Springfield, IL 62794-9230, U.S.A.; Professor Nalaka Mendis, University Psychological Medicine Unit, General Hospital, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka; or Dr. K. W. M. Fulford, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Network for Teachers of Psychiatric Ethics
Description: The Royal College of Psychiatrists Philosophy Group
Contact: Dr. Tony Hope or Dr. K.W.M. Fulford, Oxford Practice Skills Project, Medical School Offices, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
Proposal for an Iterdisciplinary Group: Mental Disorder, Delusions, and Belief
Contact: Dr. K. W. M. Fulford, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom; Dr. Sebastian Gardner, Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, 14 Grover Street, London WC1, United Kingdom; or Dr. Alec Buchanan and Dr. Phillipa Garety, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychology, DeCrespigny Park, London SE5, United Kingdom
We welcome brief items of upcoming conferences, symposia, and meetings of interest groups. Submission deadline is three months prior to the targeted issue date. Acceptance is at the Editors’ discretion.
Footnotes
Publisher’s Note: Change of contact address since the print publication of this issue:
Contact: Christian Kupke, Grolmanstr. 53/54, 10623 Berlin, Tel.: 030/3135592, E-Mail: Kupke@compuserve.com or Kupke@cis.com