NORTH WEST MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
Monday 4th July 2011 – 1.15pm to 5pm
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Health Sciences Group – Primary Care) Seminar Rooms 1&2, 5th Floor Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
This event is free but booking is essential. For full details and to register please visit the web site.
Programme
1.15 Introduction: Donna Bramwell, University of Manchester
1.30 Keynote Speaker: Dr Sarah Nettleton, University of York. “ Is there a distinctive medical sociology in the UK? Traditions, tensions, and opportunities.”
2.15 Break
2.30 Paper Session: Dr Petra Nordqvist, University of Manchester, “Sharing sensitive information: Negotiating family relationships in the context of assisted conception and non-genetic kinship.” Dr Denise Hinton, University of Liverpool, “Delivering secondhand smoke advice in a children’s hospital: clinicians and parents’ perspectives.” Katie Willocks, Lancaster University, “Blurry boundaries in birthing care: establishing the source of role ambiguity.”
3.30 Coffee Break
3.50 Workshop: Building Medical Sociology links in the North West & moving forward!
4.50 Closing remarks
5.00 Informal drinks reception