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Conferences and Seminars
PAST EVENTS INCLUDE:
St John Consultancy: Health Law for Paramedic Practice (Management)
11-12 December, 2008
Kate Diesfeld, Director.
The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal: The Potential and the Effect - Symposium
December, 2007
Professor Ian Freckleton, Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Public Health and Mental Health Research, AUT and Professor, University of Sydney.
Kate Davenport, LLB(Hons) M.Jur (Distinction)
Assoc. Prof. Kate Diesfeld, Director, Health Law, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Rosemary Godbold, Lecturer, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Current Topics in Health Law - Study Day
December, 2006
Kate Diesfeld, Director, Health Law, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Rosemary Godbold, Lecturer, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT
St John Ambulance Consultancy
November, 2006
Health Law for Paramedics.
Kate Diesfeld, Director, Health Law, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Prevention of Elder Abuse in Residential Settings
6 October 2005
Hon. Ruth Dyson, Associate Minister of Health
Betty Jeanne Eydt, National Coordinator Age Concern
Tania Thomas, Deputy Commissioner Health & Disability Commissioner
Gina Lomax, Licensing Manager, Ministry of Health
David Rea, General Manager Older People's Policy, Ministry of Social Development
Bruce Northey, General Counsel, Auckland DHB
Chris Treneary
Robin Northey
Sandra Coney
Martin Taylor, Chief Executive Healthcare Providers NZ
Lloyd and Dee Farrand
Yvonne Coory, Interim Board Member for HealthCare Providers Inc
Marie Hull Brown, Project Manager Older Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation
Victims of Offences Symposium II
June 2003
Professor Max Abbott, Dean, Faculty of Health, AUT.
Hon Phil Goff, MP, Minister of Justice.
Warren Young, Deputy Secretary, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
Gavin Jones, Crimes Services Manager, Auckland City Police.
Steve Caldwell, Chief Executive, NZ Council of Victim Support Groups.
Oriel Haseltine, Co-Manager and Community Advocate, Rodney Women's Refuge.
This symposium considered the impact of the Victims Rights Act to:
- prevent victimisation;
- respond to victims' needs; and
- enhance confidence in the criminal justice system.
Speakers also analysed the findings of the second National Survey of Crime Victims and primary research by Women's Refuge on victims' experiences of the criminal justice system.
Click here to view speech of Hon Phil Goff, MP, Minister of Justice.
Sex & Science: The Ethical Implications of Assisted Reproduction
June 2003
Ms Sandra Coney, Co-Editor, Protecting our Future.
Dr Guy Gudex, Director, Fertility Plus.
Mr Grant Pepper, Vice President, Fertility NZ.
Professor Sylvia Rumball, Chair, National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction.
Professor David Seedhouse, Director, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Professor Ingrid Winship, Director, Regional Genetics Services, and Assistant Dean (Research), The University of Auckland.
Assoc Professor Jan Crosthwaite, Department of Philosophy, University of Auckland.
Dr Richard Fisher, Director, Fertility Associates.
Sir Paul Reeves, Chair, The Bioethics Council.
Ms Robyn Scott, Co-President, Fertility NZ.
Ms Wendy Wicks, Policy Researcher, DPA.
Ms Dianne Yates, MP, Hamilton East.
Victims of Offences: Ten Years On
December 2002
Invited Speakers:
Dr John Hinchcliff, Vice Chancellor, AUT.
Hon Phil Goff, MP, Minister of Justice.
Professor Max Abbott, Dean, Faculty of Health Studies, AUT.
Nora Liutai, Children Youth and Family.
Rob Robinson, Police Commissioner.
Gail Kettle, Branch Manager, ACC National Claims Unit.
Steve Caldwell, Chief Executive, NZ Council of Victim Support Groups.
Roma Balzer, National Co-Ordinator, Women's Refuge.
Karen Humphris, Crisis Worker/Psychotherapist, Auckland Sexual Abuse Help Foundation Trust.
Angela Lee, Research and Evaluation Manager, Department for Courts.
Warwick Pudney, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology, AUT.
Peter Sankoff, University of Auckland (Law).
Judge Stan Thorburn, Auckland District Court.
Herarere Clarke, Director, Te Whare Ruruhau O Meri.
Dr Chris Marshall, author, and Facilitator of Waitakere Restorative Justice Community Group.
Warren Young, Deputy Secretary, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
This event marks the decade of development since the Victims' Task Force concluded its role under the requirements of the Victims of Offences Act 1987. Activists and advocates were invited to reflect upon developments from the last decade on behalf of victims.
The conference invited responses to the following questions from relevant governmental and non-governmental bodies:
- Were the recommendations of the Victims' Task Force achieved?
- What is the way forward?
Informed Consent: Idealism v Realism
August 2002
Professor David Seedhouse, Director, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Judi Strid, Women's Health Action.
Philippa Cunningham, Barrister.
Dr Rhys Cullen, General Practitioner.
Assoc Professor Bob Large, Auckland Hospital Pain Clinic.
Kate Diesfeld, Senior Lecturer, Health Law, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Rosemary Godbold, PhD student and Registered Nurse.
Narratives on Mental Illness and Involuntary Detention
August 2002
Professor Max Abbott, Dean, Faculty of Health, AUT.
Professor Ian Freckelton, Barrister and Adjunct Professor, Monash and LaTrobe Universities.
Suzy Stevens, author and Consumer Advisor, Mental Health Foundation.
Professor David Seedhouse, Director, National Centre for Health and Social Ethics, AUT.
Professor Jo Walton, AUT.
Steve Appel, Assoc Professor, AUT.
Equal Health Status for All New Zealanders: Is it Possible?
May 2001
Brown Bag Lunch Series
These seminars are designed to foster an hour of informal discussion on topical issues of health and social ethics.
May 2008
International organ donation and transplantation systems and their applicability to the New Zealand context. Philipa Todd, BHSc (Nursing). Student of Masters in Health Science, AUT University
April 2008
Propositions for Integrating Population and Clinical approaches to Chronic Disease Prevention. Paul McDonald, Visiting Associate Professor, AUT. Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada.
March 2008
Health Promotion, Autonomy and Freedom from Domination. David Hunter, Lecturer in Bioethics, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
September 2006
Women Negotiating Gendered Workplaces: A Reserach Story. Professor Judith Pringle, AUT Professor of Organisatinal Studies.
October 2005
Competency to Confess - Rethinking the Death Penalty for People with Intellectual Disabilities. William Edwards, Los Angles Public Defender.
May 2005
International Centre for Environmental & Bioethics (ICEB) - Professor John Buckeridge
The International Centre of Environmental and Bioethics will provide an electronic network for free exchange of ideas, concerns and case studies about the ethical management of the biosphere.
May 2005
Lacking insight or stupid like everyone else? - Dr Stefan Sjostrom, Umea University, Sweden.
Comparison of coercion in psychiatry and somatic medicine.
March 2005
Consumer Voice and Participation - Sandra Coney, Executive Director of Women's Health Action Trust.
March 2005
Outputs! Outputs! Outputs! Synergising talents, creating a positive research outcome!
Rosemary Godbold, Lecturer, NCHSE.
December 2004
Making it real – Making it meaningful - Patsie Frawley, Advocate.
Participation of people with intellectual disability in advisory and governance roles.
October 2004
The Central Role of Public Health Research in the Gambling Act, 2003. - Graeme Minchin, Grey Lynn Community Law Centre.
November 2002
Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Discussion led by Professor David Wexler and Kate Diesfeld on therapeutic jurisprudence as an interdisciplinary perspective that seeks to harmonise the law by attending to the law's impact on emotional life and psychological well-being. The session traced the origin and development of therapeutic jurisprudence from academic discipline to the world of practice.
David Wexter is the Professor of Law and Psychology at the University of Arizona, and Director of the International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.
Click here for information on David B.Wexler
November 2002
Amnesty International Developments
Professor Margaret Bedggood is a member of the International Executive Committee for Amnesty International and a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato. During this seminar she addressed "Anmesty International's New Remit for Economic and Social Rights". She considered how Amnesty International's goals impact upon health and health care.
October 2002
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Women from Refugee Backgrounds in New Zealand
Estelle Mendelsohn, Psychologist and Psychodramatist, with women refugees. Overview of research that explored the interface of different mental health and cultural perspectives of refugee status. Estelle reflected upon the many agencies and theoretical perspectives that have defined the experience of women refugees.