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Conference on ethics in biomedical research
regulations, healthcare and professional
conduct
Final Report
Organizers:
Bioethics Program, Pan American Health Organization.
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Interdisciplinary. Center for Bioethics in Research (Collaborating
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Center of the World Health Organization).
Sponsors:
Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Ethics Programs, University of Miami, USA.
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Heidelberg Center for Latin America, Universität Heidelberg, Ger-
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many.
Intercontinental Hotel Santiago de Chile.
April 23-25, 2009.
The objectives of the meeting were to examine the ethical basis of regu-
lations for scientific research in medicine and social sciences related to
health. Written rules and regulatory procedures in various countries were
compared and analysed. The meeting concluded with recommendations
for the work of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in the
Region of the Americas and the Caribbean.
The program included both lectures and discussion seminars, attended
by 120 professionals, thirty of whom were foreign guests. Simultaneous
translation English-Spanish was provided and the proceedings were trans-
mitted by webcast. All lectures and discussions were recorded.
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