European Association of Health Law
2013 Conference
Patient Safety
Coimbra/Portugal
9-10-11 October 2013
The
European Association of Health Law will
hold its 4th Conference
(2013) in Coimbra/Portugal,
in collaboration with the Centre for
Biomedical Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.
The overall theme will be: Patient
Safety
“How familiar are
you with the concept of patient safety? Hundreds of thousands of patients are
harmed or die each year due to unsafe care, or get injured inadvertently when
seeking health care.” (WHO).
What is the contribution that laws and
jurists can give to ensure that access to healthcare is done in increasingly safer
conditions? How can they contribute to ensure that the patient gets better and
faster treatment?
What can laws and jurists do in order to
turn errors into opportunities to build safer health systems?
The
conference will consist of several keynote
addresses from distinguished
guests, and will also provide a
wide range of presentations carried out in parallel
sessions.
The organization invites experts to participate in these parallel sessions, which will be divided into three subthemes:
The organization invites experts to participate in these parallel sessions, which will be divided into three subthemes:
Preventive
environment and measures
Reaction
against malpractice/Patients Compensation
Learning
with errors
Examples
of presentation themes in parallel sessions on Preventive environment
and measures:
· Fundamental Rights
· Informed consent, Advance directives and
Therapeutic information
· Precautionary principle (Clinical research;
off-label prescription; Generic drugs; Biobanks and governance; Genetics and
MAP; Especially dangerous interventions/radiations)
· Legal significance of the guidelines
· Pharmacovigilance
· Medical devices
· Data protection
· Protection of the most vulnerable
o the elderly
o the mentally ill
o children (conflicts with legal
representatives; approval and refusal; intervention by protection commissions; paediatric
trials)
o cancer survivors (infertility prevention,
social discrimination)
· Electronic clinical file
· Telemedicine
· Advertising
· Conflict of interests
· Organization of services
· Clinical governance
· Sustainability and quality in NHSs
(financing; priorities; activities licensing)
· The Directive on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications
and patient
safety
· Movement of professionals between states
· Regulatory models of health-care professions
· Training of healthcare staff
· Recertification
· Better technology, more safety?
· Can the State enforce lifestyles?
· Any other issues, without losing sight of the
overall theme Patient Safety and of
the sub-theme Preventive environment and
measures.
Examples
of presentation themes in parallel sessions on Reaction
against malpractice/Patients Compensation; Learning with
errors:
·
The role of
disciplinary law to improve patient safety
·
Legal
actions and proof
·
Faute de Service (nosocomial infections/fatigue)
·
Producer’s
liability (drugs/machinery/medical devices)
·
The no-blame/no-fault
culture
·
The end of tort law in medical malpractice?
·
National systems of compensation of 'medical hazard'
·
Apologize laws
·
Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation and
Arbitration
·
Risk
management and adverse event notifications
·
The prohibition of
self-incrimination and the notification systems
·
Health
insurance and life insurance
·
Any
other issues, without losing sight of the overall theme Patient Safety and the sub-themes Reaction against malpractice/Patients Compensation; Learning with errors.
Oral Presentations: 15-20 minutes for formal presentations and slides + 10 minutes for discussion
Proposal Submission: Interested presenters should submit an abstract (250 words) summarizing
the proposed presentation and a short bio (100 words) by email (eahlconference2013@fd.uc.pt and cdb@fd.uc.pt) or fax (+351 239 821 043)
up to the 31st of May 2013
Submissions will be judged on relevance to the Conference’s general
theme, clarity of thought, creativity and suitability to the Conference’s
program
Notification of acceptance: up to 31th July 2013
Poster
presentations: subjected
to the overall theme of the Conference
Conference Registration: All presenters are expected to register online up to the 31st of August 2013
For more information please contact the
Centre for Biomedical Law of the University of Coimbra, at the address eahlconference2013@fd.uc.pt or by phone at +351 239 821 043
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