Perinatal Ethics Symposium - 2 July

Super Power Baby Project author Rachel Callander will be speaking at a one-day symposium on ethical issues surrounding the health and care of babies immediately before and after birth. Rachel will share the afternoon session with Associate Professor Dominic Wilkinson, the Director of Medical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. They will speak on the topic of 'Life after NICU and/or genetic diagnosis: What happens once the acute dilemmas of NICU are over? Exploring wider perspectives and challenging preconceptions.'

Other sessions cover the following topics:

• Genetics and ethics: Next generation sequencing in early gestation and the perinatal period
  
• NICU and ethics – perspectives on the limits of viability
  
• NICU and ethics – re-direction of care

The event will be help at the Hutton Theatre in the Otago Museam. It is presented by The Otago University Bioethics Centre and is of interest to a broad group including:

• Clinicians
• Midwives
• Nurses
• Ethicists
• Scientists
• Legal experts
• Academics
• Students

More information about the Perinatal Ethics Symposium and how to register.

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