Technologies of identification and responses to mass death: a PEALS symposium on the social and ethical aspects of DVI. (360G-Wellcome-103928_Z_14_Z)

£4,250

The requested funding will part-support up to 6 international speakers to attend the 15th annual PEALS international symposium on Technologies of identification and responses to mass death in April 2014. PEALS symposia traditionally assemble a small number of invited discussants representing a range of experts, affected communities, practitioners and policy makers, for 2 days of exchange and dialogue. Objectives for the 15th symposium are: (i) to outline key social and bioethical questions r aised by the application of biomedical technologies in disaster victim identification (DVI); (ii) to examine how differently involved groups develop, respond to, and evaluate DVI practices; (iii) to enable a range of perspectives to inform the discussion by convening leading figures from academia, practice and policy with experience in the design and execution of DVI efforts, with input from representatives of affected communities; (iv) to compare and contrast the social and bioethical issues presented by DVI efforts in differing settings including military conflict, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters; (v) to facilitate future cooperation between involved groups; (vi) to identify areas for future social and bioethical research.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 4250
Applicant Surname Scully
Approval Committee ERG10 Medical Humanities
Award Date 2014-02-10T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2013/14
Grant Programme: Title Small grant in H&SS
Internal ID 103928/Z/14/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Jackie Scully
Partnership Value 4250
Planned Dates: End Date 2014-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2014-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region North East