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CONFERENCES: The American Association of University
Administrators will sponsor a conference with the theme of "Ethics
and Higher Education." The conference will take place June 16-19,
1985 at the Fairmont Hotel in New Orleans. For more information, contact:
Dr. Roland Garrett, Program Coordinator; AAUA National Assembly, PO.
Box 966; Office of Academic Affairs; Montclair State College; Upper
Montclair, NJ 07043. Phone: (201) 893-4382. SUMMER SEMINARS: The University of Oxford will
be sponsoring two Science Studies Summer Seminars, to be held at Queens
College, Oxford. Each lasts one week, beginning June 13, 1985. The
topic of the first week will be "Scientific Controversies;' and
of the second week, "Medicine, Ethics and Society." For
more information, contact: Dr. J.R. Durant; Department of External
Studies; Rewley House; 3-7 Wellington Square; Oxford OX1 2JA; U.K. CALL FOR PAPERS: Prof. David C. Thomasma, the editor of Theoretical Medicine, solicits manuscripts on the following themes: Philosophy of Medicine in Europe; Disease and the Humanities; Philosophy of Medicine in the United States; The Clinical Medical Ethicist and Medical Decisions; The Physician's Influence on Patient Decision-Making: Persuasion, Manipulation, and Coercion; Problems in Theoretical Cardiology; The Physician's Role in Health Care Distribution; The Role of the Family in Medical Decision; Fuzzy Medical Diagnosis; Autopoiesis and Theoretical Pathology; Professional Organization of Physicians: Quality of Care versus Cost-Containment; Medical Ethics in Europe; Therapy and Action Theory. For a list of the guest editors who will be handling each of these topics, contact Dr. Thomasma, Director; Medical Humanities Program; Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine; 2160 South First Ave.; Maywood, IL 60153. Phone: (312) 531-343313860. One may also submit articles that are not related to any of these themse to: Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., Associate Editor; Georgetown University; Washington, D.C. 20007. Letter to the Editor We Gratefully Acknowledge Support from the Following: The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology was established in 1976 for the purpose of promoting education and scholarship relating to ethical and policy issues of the professions. EDITOR: Fay Sawvier Opinions expressed in Perspectives on the Professions are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions or the Illinois Institute of Technology: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. 60626. |
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