Bioethics

ETHOS 2019, the Bioethics, Medical, and Research conference is the largest gathering of bioethics thought- leaders and students in health sciences in the country. Theme: ‘Bioethics for bridging the health equity gap in an unequal and culturally diverse world’

The conference will explore the social, historical and cultural dimensions of medicine. It will promote an interdisciplinary perspective on health, illness, health care and the body. The conference will also focus on the issues relevant to medical knowledge, public health policy, the experience of being ill and of caring for those who are ill.

PM generates numerous questions and concerns either in terms of ethics, human rights, financing and other perspectives, addressing: What progress has been made so far bringing PM technologies to the market? How to overcome clinical trials challenges with PM? Is there any evidence of more efficiency in health care by introducing PM approaches? Are we morally obligated to implement PM innovations? What are the regulatory barriers to PM developments? What is the influence of patent law on PM innovations? PM and processing genomic data, what are the GDPR risks? What are the solutions to identified concerns?