Centre for Health Law and Society Symposium: Organ Transplantation and the Gift Relationship

Hosted by the University of Bristol's Centre for Health Law and Society

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PROGRAMME:

09:00 - 09:15                Registration (in person) 

09:20 - 09:30                Welcome and Introductions 

PANEL 1 (09:30 – 11:00) (Keynote)

09:30 – 10:00               Keynote: Jackie Leach Scully  

The Trouble with Gifts: Reasons to Change the Framing of Organ Donation 

10:00 – 10:45               Responses and Discussion 

(Sally Sheldon + Antonia Cronin + Greg Moorlock) 

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee 

PANEL 2 (11:30 – 13:15) (Research Projects)

11:30 - 11:50                Bonnie Venter 

                                    I’m the Problem, it’s Me: Has Altruism Become the Anti-Hero of Living Kidney Donation? 

11:50 – 12.10               Nizam Mamode 

                                    Donating a Kidney to a Stranger- Is it a Reasonable Thing to Do? 

12.10 – 12:30               John Harrington 

                                    The Gift Relationship in a Devolved UK: Findings from an Empirical Study of Policy-Making and Legislation 

12:30 – 13:15               Responses and Discussion 

(Lisa Burnapp + Frank Dor + Gurch Randhawa) 

13:15 Lunch