“Intersecting Spheres: Exploring the Relationships between Ethics, Law and Medicine”

4 March 2016: 2.00 to 5.30 pm

Venue: Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Lecture Theatre G10

Conference Convenors: Professor Mary Donnelly and Dr Claire Murray

Continuing Professional Development: 3.5 hours Group Study (General)

At the heart of the Irish health system, there is an interplay between ethics, law and medicine. Yet, beyond the headline issues which occasionally emerge, we have limited understanding of how this interplay operates in practice. This conference draws on ethical, legal and medical experts who have wide experience working at the intersections of these fields to provide cross-disciplinary perspectives of the role of ethics and law in healthcare. The conference aims to facilitate dialogue around different professional approaches to issues relevant to healthcare in Ireland. It will be of interest to ethicists, legal and healthcare professionals, and to students and academics working in ethics, legal and healthcare fields, as well as to anyone with an interest in how these important questions are dealt with in practice and how public understanding of this area might be enhanced and improved.

Chair: The Hon Ms. Justice Marie Baker

Keynote address:
“Litigating Ethics and Applying Ethics to Law: The Relationship between Medical Law and Ethics”
Professor José Miola, Law School, University of Leicester
Professor Miola is a Professor of Medical Law at the University of Leicester. He is the author of Medical Ethics and Medical Law: A Symbiotic Relationship (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2007) and Medical Law and Medical Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) (with Professor Nils Hoppe) as well as many articles on medical law and ethics.

Papers:
‘Impossible, Impractical, Essential: Human Rights in Irish Mental Health and Capacity Law’
Professor Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin
Professor Kelly is a Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght Hospital. In addition to his medical degree, he holds doctorates in medicine (MD), history (PhD), governance (DGov) and law (PhD). Recent books include Custody, Care and Criminality: Forensic Psychiatry and Law in 19th-Century Ireland (History Press Ireland, 2014); Ada English: Patriot and Psychiatrist (Irish Academic Press, 2014); “He Lost Himself Completely”: Shell Shock and its Treatment at Dublin’s Richmond War Hospital (1916-19) (Liffey Press, 2014); and Dignity, Mental Health and Human Rights: Coercion and the Law (Ashgate, 2015).

‘Practising Conscience: Harm, refusal and commitment’
Dr Ruth Fletcher, School of Law, Queen Mary University, London
Dr Fletcher is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Law at Queen Mary, University of London. She is Academic Editor of Feminist Legal Studies and has published widely in the area of reproductive rights. She leads the ReValuing Care network, an international, interdisciplinary network which aims to create spaces for dialogue about care across a range of contexts.

‘What’s the point of healthcare law?’
Dr Barry Lyons, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and Crumlin Children’s Hospital.
Dr Lyons is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children and a Lecturer in Medical Ethics at Trinity College Dublin. He holds a PhD in Bioethics from the University of Manchester and has published extensively in the fields of parental rights, children and bioethics.

‘Clinical Ethics Committees: What are they and why do we need them?’
Dr Louise Campbell, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway.
Dr Campbell is a trained Clinical Ethicist and a Lecturer in Medical Ethics at National University of Ireland, Galway and is co-author of End-of-Life Care: Ethics and Law (Cork: Cork University Press).

The conference will be followed by the launch of an edited collection of essays: Donnelly and Murray (eds) Ethical and Legal Debates in Irish Healthcare: Confronting Complexities (Manchester University Press, 2016) in the Jennings Gallery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex.

This conference is part-funded by the University College Cork Strategic Research Fund. The conference venue is located in the UCC Brookfield complex on College Road. Please note there is not any parking at the venue. For parking, please access the following link: . http://143.239.128.67/en/visitors/

The conference programme is available at the following link:- https://www.ucc.ie/en/lawsite/eventsandnews/title-616779-en.html

Enquiries: Noreen Delea, School of Law, UCC

Email: Phone: 021 490 3220

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Registration Options

1. Seminar Fee:€40
2. Reduced Fee Academics, NGOs and early career professionals: €15
3. Students/UCC Staff: Free of charge (please register)