E-DRUG: Conference: Disease-mongering, Australia, April 2006
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Readers are invited to this conference on Disease-mongering in Newcastle
Australia April 11th to 13th 2006. The conference will consist of invited
presentations and submitted papers and you are invited to submit an
abstract for the conference (deadline March 1st 2006). This need not
necessarily consist of original work - viewpoints, case-studies and
discussions are welcome
This will be a fairly small conference - numbers are limited by the venue
and our intention to make it interactive and productive in identifying key
issues, producing some authoritative statements and creating a research agenda
Further details of the Conference and venue and on-line registration are
available at www.diseasemongering.org
David Henry
Ray Moynihan
Conference Co-chairs
David Henry
University of Newcastle, Australia
<david.henry@newcastle.edu.au>
Details follow:
A PROVOCATIVE SYMPOSIUM ON THE SELLING OF SICKNESS
In the lead up to this global symposium we are commissioning a series of
thoughtful academic and accessible discussion papers that will assay the
role of marketing in contemporary medical practice, and attempt to
understand and challenge the phenomenon of disease-mongering.
The conference will be organized around a mixture of plenary, parallel and
small group sessions. The aims of the conference are to review a range of
examples of disease-mongering, to develop a common view on the character
and magnitude of the problems created by disease-mongering, to develop some
position statements and a research agenda that will lead to collaborative
projects.
THEMES
* A taxonomy of disease-mongering; understanding through classification
* A contemporary case study: the selling of bi-polar disorder
* Nothing new under the sun- a historical perspective on the selling of
sickness- from medicalisation to disease-mongering
* The psychology of disease-mongering- do disease-awareness campaigns
make some people sick?
* The role of health professionals - is this about power or money?
* The role of patient groups- genuine advocacy or corporate allies?
* The role of the spin industry- exposing and confronting the silent
mind-changers in global PR
* The role of the media - what role does media play in
disease-mongering, and how might that change?
* The role of government - how might disease-mongering be regulated?
* Independent disease-definition strategies- what are the alternatives
to the current model of entangled panels constantly expanding disease
definitions?
Invited speakers include
* Joe Collier
* Joel Lexchin
* David Healy
* Steve Woloshin
* Lisa Schwartz
* Leonore Tiefer
* Barbara Mintzes
* Iona Heath
* Ray Moynihan
* Ian Kerridge
COST
The costs are as follows:
* Conference Registration: AU$440 incl GST (AU$550 after February 14th
2006). The conference registration web site will also enable registrants to
book accommodation and the conference dinner.
David.Henry@newcastle.edu.au