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Call for Papers Theme: Health Care Provision for Migrants Subtitle: Comparing Approaches to Ethical Challenges in Germany and the United Kingdom Type: International Interdisciplinary Workshop Institution: Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine and Institute for Sociology, Munich University Location: Munich (Germany) Date: 14.–18.3.2016 Deadline: 1.9.2015 __________________________________________________ An increase in international migration over the last decades has had various consequences for the provision of public health care in European countries. Destination countries face many challenges, for example migration-sensitive research and health care surveillance, the access to health care and the inclusion/exclusion of specific migrant groups, the communication between health care personnel and migrated patients. These challenges have an ethical dimension because they concern the well-being and self-determination of patients, they pose questions of equitable access to and fair distribution of health care resources and they warrant further reflection on medical decision-making in cases of value conflict due to divergent cultural and religious backgrounds of patient and physician. A comparison of different approaches and strategies to these challenges in two countries can deepen our understanding and lead to the development of ethically acceptable solutions to pending problems. Main questions of the workshop 1. Terminology and knowledge production: How do we talk about migrant health? What terms, classifications and categories do we use to capture and describe migration and migrant health in Germany and the United Kingdom? How do these categories influence the perception of the respective groups, as well as the health related research and knowledge production? What do we know about the health care needs and problems of these groups? 2. Access to public health care: Who should be in-/excluded and for what reasons? What forms of in- and exclusion can be observed in the United Kingdom and Germany? Which groups cannot access which public health care services and what reasons are given for those decisions? Is it ethically acceptable to limit the access to public health care for certain groups and if yes, on which grounds? 3. Allocation of responsibility: Who should be held responsible for overcoming access barriers to health care? Who should develop programs for migrant groups who face access barriers to health care and who should make the necessary financial investment? Who should be held responsible for the implementation of programs to develop intercultural sensitivity in health care institutions? 4. Value pluralism: How to deal with cultural diversity and the search for ethical universals? How do health care personnel deal with divergent cultural values when providing health care to migrants? How should we deal with divergent cultural or religious values in complex treatment decisions (e.g. at the end of life)? Should we take a relativistic stance on moral values or are there good reasons to assume that certain values are universally valid? Participation in the workshop The workshop will give a forum to young scholars from all relevant disciplines (e.g. medicine, nursing, ethics, law, sociology, social work, psychology, political science, and others) to present their work on these issues and discuss it critically with peers and distinguished experts. Fourteen participants will be selected on the basis of the quality of their application and their fit into the program. Expenses for travel, accommodation and meals will be covered. Each participant receives an honorarium of €300. Additionally, a joint publication in a prominent journal of the field is planned to present main outcomes of the workshop. Application We invite young scholars (doctoral students, postdocs, and junior professors) to apply with an abstract on one of the four main topics. These issues should be addressed within the context of the health care systems of Germany, the United Kingdom or both. Abstracts (max. 500 words) should be submitted electronically, together with a short CV and a full publication list until September 1, 2015. Organizing team & funding Main organizers are the Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine and the Institute for Sociology of LMU Munich. The workshop is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). On behalf of the whole organizing team, we kindly invite you to submit an application for our international workshop. We would be grateful if you could pass this call on to interested colleagues. For further information and application, please contact the organizing team at [email protected] or visit our homepage at: http://www.en.egt.med.uni-muenchen.de/events/klausurwoche/ Chair: Dr. Katja Kuehlmeyer Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine LMU Munich, Germany Co-Chairs: Prof. Dr. Georg Marckmann Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine LMU Munich, Germany Prof. Dr. Hella von Unger Institute for Sociology LMU Munich, Germany Organizers: Corinna Klingler Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine LMU Munich, Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 2180-72794 Email: [email protected] Dennis Odukoya Institute for Sociology LMU Munich, Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 2180-5606 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
