| Contact
Details |
Dr Peter Wemyss-Gorman
Lyndhurst
Hickmans Lane
HAYWARDS HEATH
RH16 2PX
Tel: 01444 483 835
Email: peter.gorman@matmosonline.co.uk
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| Officers |
Dr Peter Wemyss-Gorman, Secretary/Treasurer |
| BPS Council Member
Liaison |
Prof. Paul Watson |
| Nature of SIG |
Discussion of philosophical and ethical
issues associated with pain, suffering and their management |
Description
of Activities
and Scientific Focus |
Annual 3-day meetings devoted to discussion
of philosophical and ethical issues. These are held alternate
years at Rydal Hall in the Lake District and Launde Abbey
in Leicestershire (both Christian retreat centres, although
the meetings are not primarily religious in content and
open to those of all faiths and none), which being set
in some of the loveliest landscapes in Britain, provide
ideal surroundings for meetings of a reflective nature,
as well as for mental and physical recreation - walking
is an important feature of the programmes. The format
of the meetings, with considerably more time devoted to
discussion of papers than the presentation, is designed
to maximise interchange of ideas and ventilation of problems. |
| Any other
news |
- Click
here to download a copies of the transcripts from
the 2006 meeting at Launde Abbey on 'Medicine - the
healing art'.
- Click
here to read feedback and quotes from the 2006
meeting.
- Click
here to download transcript of proceedings of
the 2007 meeting at Rydal Hall on 'Suffering and the
Worlds Religions: the search for the meaning of pain'.
- Click
here to read feedback and quotes from the 2007
meeting.
- Click
here to read feedback and quotes from the 2008
meeting.
- Click here to download the transcript of proceedings
of the 2008 meeting at Launde Abbey on 'Suffering
and Science'.
The 2009 meeting, ""Consent
and Deceit in Pain Medicine" took place at Rydal
Hall from June 29th to July 2nd.
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