In recent decades, the Indian health sector has seen revolutionary changes. With globalisation, world class technologies, superspeciality institutions and big corporate and private sector hospitals have emerged in India. It has also paved the way for international collaborations in the field of research, service delivery and health education. However, healthcare still remains beyond the reach of the poor and needy in the country. Moreover, the healthcare system is far from achieving the goals of equity and justice. The absence of ethics and poor governance contribute significantly to these problems. In this context, the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics aims to bring together diverse perspectives on governance in healthcare, towards building an equitable and just health system to achieve a productive dialogue between practitioners, administrators, policy-makers and activists by organising the Third National Bioethics Conference.
George Thomas, Renu Saxena, Peush Sahni, Sarojini NB, Neha Madhiwalla
Dr Syeda Hameed, Member, Planning Commission of India Justice (Retired) Leela Seth, Supreme Court of India Dr M K Bhan, Secretary, Government of India, Department of Biotechnology Dr Srinath Reddy, Director, Public Health Foundation of India Dr Samiran Nundy , Head, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi
The scientific committee of the Third National Bioethics Conference seeks abstracts of papers, and proposals for holding workshops, on topics relevant to bioethics. These must be in line with the conference theme: "Governance of healthcare – ethics, equity and justice." Abstract and proposal deadline: June 18, 2010 Some of the issues which will be discussed in the conference:
To register for the conference and submit abstracts, please visit http://nbc3.ijme.in
National Secretariat, NBC-3, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics National Bioethics Conference, Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights 501, Dalkhania House, B Wing, Behind State Bank of India, Nehru Road, Vakola Pipe Line, Santacruz (East), Mumbai 400 055 INDIA e-mail: nbcdelhi@gmail.com
Please visit www.nbc.ijme.in for reports on the previous bioethics conferences