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itsci-l-digest      Thursday, September 18 2003      Volume 01 : Number
043



In this issue:

     CFP--American Society of Bioethics and Humanities: Medicine & Media
     New book on Academic Discourse

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:35:35 +0000
From: "Carol Colatrella" 
Subject: CFP--American Society of Bioethics and Humanities: Medicine &
Media

CALL FOR PAPERS
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BIOETHICS AND HUMANITIES
SPRING 2004 MEETING

TOPIC:		?�Medicine and Media: The Delicate Balance?�

PLACE: 	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

DATES:		March 12 ?� 14

CO-CHAIRS:	Therese Jones, PhD
		Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics
		University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
		(jonest2@uthscsa.edu)

		Lester D. Friedman, PhD
		Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program
		Northwestern University
		(l-friedman@northwestern.edu)

DESCRIPTION:  The worlds of medicine and media exist in a unique
symbiosis.  
The media not only cannibalize the medical world for their news stories
and 
fictional plotlines, but health care institutions, medical researchers
and 
academic physicians themselves manipulate the media, inviting the
spotlight 
to shine on their successes and deflecting the glare away from the less 
savory aspects of their work.  The delicate balance between using the
media 
as an outlet for legitimate stories and exploiting it for particular
agendas 
raises a host of ethical issues.  Dr Timothy Johnson, himself a medical 
television journalist, articulates several such troubling problems: the 
difficulties of identifying, processing and reporting legitimate medical

problems; the competitive pressures on medical establishments to gain
market 
shares and increase funding for research; the spiraling
commercialization of 
medical research by business interests; the organization of scientific 
meetings as public relations events; the controversial role of medical 
journals; and the differences between reporting general news and medical

news.  To Johnson??s list, we would add the morality of cameras in the 
hospital; the broadcasting of medical procedures; the distinction
between 
informed consent for medical care and release forms for film and
television 
appearances; the lack of adequate checks and balances on the internet;
the 
coverage by news media; and the problems with how research is
disseminated.

This conference will interrogate and reflect upon the complex and 
complicated relationship between the media and medical researchers, 
practitioners, ethicists and educators.  Whether we are using an episode
of 
E.R. in our courses or answering questions about cloning for the local 
television station, medical humanists and ethicists are constantly
engaged 
in a dynamic process of affecting and being affected by the media, a
process 
that demands and deserves critical analysis.  We look forward to
proposals 
addressing a range of relevant issues from a variety of disciplinary 
perspectives. The conference will be co-sponsored by the Center for
Medical 
Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center
San 
Antonio, a culturally exciting and pleasantly warm city in mid-March.

GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS:  Mail or e-mail a 300 ?� 400 word abstract of
the 
proposed paper, a short bibliography (10 item maximum) related to the 
subject, and a brief biographical note which includes your phone number,

e-mail address and mailing address to Lester D. Friedman PhD, Medical
Ethics 
& Humanities Program, Northwestern U, 750 Lake Shore Drive (ABA 627), 
Chicago IL 60611 or l-friedman@northwestern.edu.

DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 31, 2003.

VISIT THE ASBH WEBSITE FOR FURTHER DETAILS
http://www.asbh.org/ 

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Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:53:19 +0200
From: Karl Henrik Flyum 
Subject: New book on Academic Discourse

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Hello all - just want to mention this publication:

Kjersti Fl=F8ttum, Fran=E7ois Rastier (eds.)

Academic Discourse
Multidiciplinary Approaches=

(by the project: Cultural Identity=
 in Academic Prose)

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*** Karl Henrik Flyum *** University Lecturer (academic writing) ***=
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 Education *** University of Oslo (Norway) *** Po.box 1099 Blindern ***=
 Po.code: N-0316 OSLO *** Tel. +47 22 85 82 52 *** Fax. +47 22 85 44 09
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 e-mail: k.h.flyum@ils.uio.no *** Www homepage:=
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