Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) in Switzerland

As member of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) I receive a monthly newsletter with relevant Public Health news from the region. I have previously criticized EUPHA for their lack of focus on public health communication (see blog post “European Public Health Association and the missing communication category”). I maintain my critic, but must also congratulate them when public health communication does sneak its way into for example their newsletter. Thus, in the January 2014 newsletter under Upcoming Courses and Conferences attention is given to the Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET), which will take place in Lugano, Switzerland 26-28 June 2014. The conference aims to bring together communication researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds, ranging from healthcare specialities to the human and social sciences. The first Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) was hosted by the Health Communication Research Centre at Cardiff University, UK in 2003 and was attended by more than 200 participants from 20 countries. Based on its success COMET has now established itself as an annual interdisciplinary, international event. COMET is described as using a problem-oriented approach, and places special emphasis on the dissemination of high quality research in interpersonal, mass communication, and practical ethics which is directly relevant to healthcare practitioners. The 2014 conference will focus especially on t...
Source: Biomedicine on Display - Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Tags: public health science communication COMET Communicating Risk and Uncertainty conference Conference on Communication Conference on Communication Medicine and Ethics doctor-patient communication EUPHA European Public Health Association hea Source Type: blogs