Wednesday 7th - Friday 9th September
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN Deadline: Monday 9 May 2022
Dialogue across difference: Ethical Challenges
and Opportunities
Dialogue occurs when two or more people interact,
whether the conversation is verbal or not.
Everything that happens in healthcare practice involves dialogue.
In paediatric healthcare, clinicians not only have conversations with the
children for whom they are caring, but also with their parents and carers,
their siblings and extended family, and with their colleagues. Families
have conversations with each other, with their friends and wider social group,
including people online. These conversations are pivotal in making healthcare
decisions.
But people—surgeons, paediatricians,
neonatologists, parents, children, nurses, allied health and so on – are all
different! They speak and think differently, have different concerns, values,
past experiences, education, cultural and religious backgrounds and
professional and personal expectations. These differences mean that people do
not always agree about what matters for a child.
In our 2022 conference, we tackle the
challenges and opportunities which arise when dialogue occurs across
difference. What kind of difference matters
ethically? How do we respect difference while upholding our own values
and integrity? When should clinicians notice difference, acknowledge
difference and accommodate to or change because of difference?
We invite abstracts for oral presentations and
expressions of interest for panel discussions that address any aspect of the theme “dialogue across difference”.
We encourage use of de-identified case examples of any of the following types
of questions:
When should clinicians compromise/accommodate/shift
or change in response to difference?
- To what extent should clinicians’
personal religious, cultural and professional values influence their decision
making?
- What are some of the opportunities
that ‘difference’ can bring in paediatric health care?
- When should differences between
families and clinicians or between clinical teams be embraced rather than
problematised?
- If ‘difference’ prevents or
challenges good care for children, what should be done?
- How are different cultural views accommodated
or integrated into clinical care? How much should they be accommodated?
- Are there some differences that
should not be tolerated or are irreconcilable with good clinical care for
children?
- Could it ever be ethically
problematic to openly acknowledge and discuss difference?
At this stage, we are hoping that the
conference will be a mix of in-person and online, with Zoom presentations from
any geographic location welcomed. Logistics will be updated in due course.
Instructions
for submission of Abstracts please click here for Flyer
Abstracts should be approximately
250 words, list all authors and their affiliations, and indicate the presenting
author in bold.
Cases should be
de-identified, but contain sufficient detail to provide for robust discussion
by a panel. Case discussion may be led by the submitter, or one of the CBC
team. Please indicate your preference.
Please email abstracts
and/or cases as a Word document by Monday
9 May along with any general enquiries to: Karen Fellows karen.fellows@rch.org.au. For enquiries about
suitability of papers and/or cases, please email Dr Georgina Hall georgina.hall@rch.org.au