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The 16th Annual International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation (ICCEC ) will be hosted by the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, from 31 March – 3 April 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.

 The conference, themed "Beyond Borders: Exploring New Frontiers", will mark the very first time that the ICCEC will be hosted on the African continent. The event will explore clinical ethics' challenges traversing borders and shifting paradigms against a backdrop of cultural complexity and diversity. This is all in a bid to help take a step beyond our boundaries of comfort to experience different philosophical systems that influence decision making in clinical ethics in different parts of the world.

The conference is expected to bring together healthcare professionals, bioethicists, academics in law, policy-makers and users of health services from around the world to share ideas and bring new perspectives to the relationship between clinical practice and research, learning and policy.

The call for abstracts, which has been open since July 2019, is set to close on 18th October 2019 and thereafter applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection of the same on 15th November 2019.

Meanwhile, abstracts and proposals are welcome from any of these topics: Exploring diversity in philosophical approaches on clinical ethics committees, Origins and migration, Clinical ethics, the law and society, Beginning and end of life conflicts and cultural pluralism, Emerging technologies and clinical ethics, and  Clinical ethics dilemmas across gender boundaries.

Those interested in attending are urged to take advantage of online registration before Friday 29 November 2019 and save on registration fees.

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Story by: Research Beeline correspondent

The call : www.iccec2020.co.za