International Health Conference (fwd)

[Guest guest]

Please find below an announcement of a forthcoming conference in

Singapore:

 

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Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:44:07 +0800

Stella Quah <socquahs

 

International Health Conference

 

Dear Dr Wujastyk,

 

Thank you for the notice on the IASTAM London Symposium which I received

today. It sounds very interesting and I regret that I will not be able to

attend.

 

I am enclosing below the announcement of a health conference we are

organizing in Singapore in November. You and the other IASTAM Board members

are cordially invited. Kindly forward this announcement to colleagues whom

you think may be interested.

 

The announcement follows below. Thank you.

 

Associate Professor Stella R. Quah, Ph.D.

 

Department of Sociology,

National University of Singapore

AS1 #03-10, 11 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Tel: (65)-874-6111; Fax: (65)-467-1908

E-mail: socquahs

 

International Conference on Socio-Cultural and Policy Dimensions of

Health Care

 

The Policy Research Programme of the National University of

Singapore and the Research Committee on Sociology of Health of the

International Sociological Association invite you to participate in a

conference exploring the socio-cultural and policy dimensions of health

care. This conference will bring together renowned international experts for

discussion of critical issues facing health care as we enter the 21st

century. We acknowledge with appreciation the financial support of the

Singapore Ministry of Health.

 

Dates: 20 - 22 November 1999

 

Venue: Orchard Hotel, Singapore

 

Conference Local Organizing Committee Co-Chairs:

 

Stella Quah

Department of Sociology

National University of Singapore

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Lee Hin Peng

Head, Department of Community, Occupational & Family Medicine

National University of Singapore

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ISA RC15 Sociology of Health President:

Eugene B. Gallagher

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Programme

 

The programme is organized around five themes with two plenary

sessions devoted to each theme. In addition there will be free paper

sessions and poster exhibits.

 

 

Saturday, 20 November:

 

* Opening Ceremony (Session 1)

* Challenges to Health Care Financing: Socio-Cultural and Policy

Aspects of Utilization

(Sessions 2 & 3)

* Speakers: Prof. Donald Shepard (Brandeis, USA), Prof Mark

Field (Harvard, USA),

Assoc. Prof. Phua Kai Hong (NUS, Singapore)

* Impact of New Technology on Health Care Provision and Utilization

(Session 4)

* Speaker: Prof. David Mechanic (Rutgers, USA),

 

 

Sunday, 21 November:

 

* Impact of New Technology on Health Care Provision and Utilization

(Session 5)

* Speakers: Prof. Lim Yean Leng (MOH, Singapore); Dr Jason Cheah

(NUS, Singapore)

* Socio-cultural and Policy Dimensions of Health Behaviour and Health

Promotion (Sessions 6, 7, 8)

* Speakers: Prof. William Cockerham (Alabama, USA), Dr Stella

Quah (NUS, Singapore),

Dr. Paulin Straughan & Dr Adeline Seow

(NUS, Singapore), Prof. Masahira Anesaki

(Nihon, Japan), Dr Howard Catton (RCN, UK);

Dr Masahiko Kaneko (NDMC, Japan);

Dr Wong Mee Lian (NUS, Singapore), Dr Chris

Chia (MOH, Singapore)

 

 

Monday, 22 November

 

* From Doctor-Patient Interaction to Ethics Committees: The Public and

Private Expressions of

Medical Ethics and Law (Session 9)

* Speakers: Prof. S.Y. Tan (Hawaii, USA), Dr Brous (ICG,

Australia), Dr. S.F. Tseng (YZU, Taiwan)

* The Family in Health and Illness: Socio-cultural and Policy

Dimensions (Sessions 10 & 11)

* Speakers: Prof. Eugene B. Gallagher (UKY, USA); Prof. Lorne

Tepperman (Toronto, Canada),

Dr Audrey Tan (MOH, Singapore); Prof,

Redford Williams (Duke, USA);

Dr Y.F. Thomas (NRC/NAS, USA); Dr Shanta

Emmanuel (MOH, Singapore).

* Free Papers (Session 12)

* Closing Ceremony

 

 

Call for Papers

 

Participants are invited to submit papers to be presented either

orally in free paper sessions or as posters. To submit a paper for

consideration please fill up the abstract form and submit it with your

registration form. Abstracts not accompanied by paid registration will not

be considered. Abstracts will be considered on the basis of quality and

appropriateness to the conference themes. Abstracts should not exceed 250

words and should be submitted before 15 October 1999. Please contact one of

the Co-Chairs or the Secretariat for registration & abstract forms.

 

 

Registration Fee and Accommodation

 

Early bird (before 15 October 1999): US$150; Regular (After 15

October 1999): US$200. Cheques payable to National University of Singapore

should be mailed to the Secretariat together with the Registration form. The

Registration form requires your selection of accommodation: Orchard Hotel

(conference venue): S$145 per night for single or twin room; York Hotel:

S$105 per night for single or twin room. The hotels required the payment of

one night when the room reservations are made. Please request the brochure

with further information from the Secretariat.

 

Conference Secretariat

Ms Roma Soh

Department of Community Occupational and Family Medicine

MD3, #03-02, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore

16 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597

Fax: (65) 779-1489; Phone: (65) 874-4988/9

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