CIPH Announcement ALL WELCOME The Applied Social Science Group <http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/research/research-groups/applied-social-science-group/> at the Primary Care Unit invites you to our Annual Symposium 2017 âLies, Damn'd lies and statistics: why it is (almost) impossible to communicate risk ethicallyâ Dr Stephen John University Lecturer in the Philosophy of Public Health Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge with responses from Dr Alexandra Freeman Executive Director, Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication and Dr Juliet Usher-Smith, Clinical Senior Research Associate, Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge Chair: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge Tuesday 16th May 2017, 14:00-15:30 Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR (MAP <https://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode&q=Cb2+0sr&ie=UTF8&z=15>) Abstract Any claim about an individualâs risk of harm is always made relative to some reference class (or body-of-information): there is no such thing as an individualâs âactualâ risk of lung cancer, but, rather, his risk âas a smokerâ or âas a 40 year oldâ. This familiar claim in the philosophy of statistics gives rise to a simple question: which risk estimate should physicians communicate to individuals in the clinic? In this paper, I explain why this question is so difficult; I argue that some standard ways of addressing it in the medical literature are deeply unethical; and I investigate the relationship between my question and the more familiar question of how we should present risk information. This talk is part of the Primary Care series <http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/52601>. All welcome. No need to book. Contact Lucy Lloyd with any queries: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> The Primary Care Unit is at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0SR www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/ <http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/> Twitter: â@PCU_Cambridge <https://twitter.com/PCU_Cambridge> and @GPEG_Cambridge <https://twitter.com/GPEG_Cambridge> This email is from the Cambridge Institute of Public Health <http://www.iph.cam.ac.uk/>, using IPH TALKS, a mailing list which provides detailed information on public health events in Cambridge. Subscribe <https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/iph-talks> Unsubscribe <https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/options/iph-talks> See our twice termly e-bulletin with public health research highlights HERE <http://www.iph.cam.ac.uk/news/ciph-e-bulletin/> Cambridge Institute of Public Health University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine,Forvie Site, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0SR 01223 330300 www.iph.cam.ac.uk <http://www.iph.cam.ac.uk/> Director, Professor Carol Brayne Copyright © 2013 Institute of Public Health
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