Médecine et religion

What does it mean to care ?

Second annual National Conference on Medicine and Religion 


At the Westin Hotel, downtown Chicago, May 28-30, 2013. 

The theme of the conference will be “What does it mean to care?” At the heart of medicine is care. Medical care, surgical care, nursing care, wound care, palliative care, even spiritual care—almost everything health professionals do is advanced as a form of care. Yet patients, health professionals, and critics of medicine often question how much care there is in health care. Moreover, it is often unclear how health care fits into a faithful life, as understood in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The second annual National Conference on Medicine and Religion will provide a forum for scholars and health care professionals to ask what it means to care and how the traditions and practices of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam inform possible answers to the question. 

 If you or someone you know may be interested in learning more about our work, please contact Nina Restuccia at 773-834-3568 or nrestucc@mcdmail.uchicago.edu.
For questions concerning the conference, please contact the Program on Medicine and Religion at medrelig@uchicago.edu or 773-702-0903. 

The Program on Medicine and Religion at the University of Chicago invites abstract submissions for its 2013 Conference: What Does It Mean to Care? Religious Traditions and Health Professions Today
1. We invite abstracts for 60-minute panel sessions, 20-minute paper presentations, and posters that address issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. We also invite student participation in an essay contest. Proposals will be reviewed in a blinded process and assessed for clarity, originality, and innovation. Although we invite proposals on the full range of topics related to religion and medicine, preference will be given to those that relate to the conference theme.
•           A panel session should incorporate more than one perspective on a cohesive theme. The perspectives should compare and contrast and build on one another. A moderator should also be designated.
•           A paper session should be a structured discussion or lecture based on a paper or a work-in-progress. The work presented may be empirical or theoretical, descriptive or normative. One or more authors may present, but either the first author or the senior author must present. The central content of the presentation should not be previously published material.
•           A poster presentation should demonstrate or explain a concept, work of art, or empirical research project. During the submission process, you will have an opportunity to indicate whether you would be willing to present your abstract as a poster.
•           Student essay submissions should be full papers of no more than 6,000 words, relevant to the conference theme. The winner will receive complimentary conference registration and travel.
2. More than one abstract can be submitted. In order to enable as many speakers as possible to participate, each presenter will be limited to no more than two presentations.
3. Peer reviews will be blinded. To ensure the integrity of our review process, please do not include identifying information on any attachments that you submit.
4. All submissions are final. Accepted abstracts will be printed in the conference program book as submitted.
5. Presenters are required to register for and attend the conference at their own expense. A failure to register by the deadline may result in the presentation being removed from the program. In the case of multiple authors, at least one must register on time.
6. All proposals are due by 4pm CST, Monday, December 17th, 2012. Successful applicants will be notified by late February 2013.
Submission Instructions:
To submit an abstract, please click on the panel, paper, poster, or essay contest link below.
https://pmr.submittable.com/submit