Symposium of experts on “Informed consent and cultural diversity”

Last september took place the second symposium of experts with the objectivetoprovide orientation criteria for good medical practice based on analysis of real cases and situations, related to informed consent and cultural pluralism. The symposium was chaired by Margarita Boladeras, Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy from the University of Barcelona and director of the “Study Group on Multiculturalism in Health” created by the Bioethics Consultancy Committee of Catalonia.

Speakers invited:

- Anne Davis, Emeritus Professor of the University of California in San Francisco and of the Nagano College of Nursing in Japan.

- Eusebio Macete, researcher from the Manhiça Health Research Centre, of Mozambique.

Participants of the Discussion Group:

- Josefina Gobern.
Professor of the Unidad Docente de Comadronas de Catalunya. Escuela de Enfermería de la Universitat de Barcelona.
- Francisco Collazos.
Psychiatrist in Hospital General Vall d’Hebron.
- Mohammed Chaib.
President of the Ibn Batuta Association.
- Estanislao Alonso.
Advisor of the Plan Director de Inmigración del Departamento de Salud de la Generalitat de Catalunya.