UNESCO-Kumamoto University Bioethics Roundtable 2007

              -Perspectives on Self-determination-

                     15-16 December, 2007

 

 

＊15 December

 

Opening ceremony, 13:00-13:30

 

Session 1. 13-30-15:00 

   Self-determination as an objective of bioethics

Darryl Macer

Empowerment, informed choice and ethics of self-determination

 

Takao Takahashi

Self-Determination as a Gamble

 

(interval)

 

Irina Pollard

Lifestyle, Health and Self-Determination Across the Generations: 

A Bioscience Ethics Perspective

 

Atsushi Asai

Respect for Patient Autonomy in Japan: A questionnaire survey

 

 

Session 2. 15:15-16:10

Legal frameworks for self-determination

Kazuto Inaba

A problem of the self-decision from a legal point of view

 

Dolores Hervas

Self determination in Spanish Legal System

 

Noritoshi Tanida

Ambivalent attitudes in patients and healthcare professionals versus trendy law courts with respect to autonomy and informed consent in Japan

 

 

Session 3. 16:25-18:05

Self-determination in the context of community and environment

Taka Fujii

Determination influencing the lives of others: A comparison between clinical and environmental relationships

 

Noriko Kataoka

Is self-determination new in Japan?

 

 (interval)

 

Madhav Kumar Dahal

Pacific Ethics and Universal Norms

 

On-Kwok Lai   

Beyond the Dialectics of Self Determination for Human Life (or Death) Consequence: Transplanting Bio-Ethics onto ‘Animal Rights’ Communications in Risk Society?

 

Shinryo Shinagawa

Kumamoto and Medical Ethics in Japan

 

 

 

         ＊16 December

 

Session 4. 9:30-11:40

   Self-determination in health care

Toshinori Kitamura& Fusako Kitamura

Should competency assessments in medical settings be psychometrically sound?

 

Siori Usami

The issues of Self-Determination among people with Mental Disorder

 

Shinobu Gamou

End of Life Decision Making in the US: from an Asian viewpoint

 

 (interval)

 

Tomoaki Tsuchida

Self-determination with respect to Death: An observation of the Japanese Case 

 

Shigeo Nagaoka

Patients' Self-Determination-Why It Should Be Respected

 

Mihaela Serbulea

Decision Making in Health Care; Women’s Role and Self-Determination

 

Session 5. 13:00-14:45

   Self-determination in research ethics

Tsuyoshi Awaya

Cases of sick kidney transplantation in Japan and patients' self-determination

 

Keiko Yasuoka

ECD Kidney Transplant: New Option?  Self-Determination?

 

Takashi Tsuchiya

Self Determination by Ishii's Researchers: Did They Freely Decide to Perform Deadly Experiments?

 

 (interval)

 

Roger Hiller

Does the Proliferation of Formal Ethical Codes for Scientists Influence Self Determination?

 

Eiko Suda

Public Engagement in Genome Research: Discussion from a Perspective of Self-Determination

 

Session 6. 15:00-15:50

   Neuroethics, enhancement and the concept of self

Shuhei Taguchi

Problems of Self-determination in Neuroethics

 

Sawa Kato

Can robot “self-determine”?

 

Masahiro Morioka

Self-determination and the Ethics of Life Extension

 

 

Closing session 16:00-16:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office of Kumamoto University Research Association of

　Modern Society Centered on Bioethics
                        　　　　                     (jk-taka@kumamoto-u.ac.jp)

                                          　　　　　　　　　　　　           　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　           Takao Takahashi

 

                                       　　　　　　　　　　　　　                           Head of the Office

         　　　　　　　　　               Professor at Kumamoto University