Andrea Solnes Miltenburg (UiO), leader of the working group, will guide participants through the program, with contributions by Prof. van den Akker (Leiden University, Netherlands) and Prof. Kristine Bærøe (UIO). Finally, there will be a panel discussion led by Margit Steinholt (Norwegian Medical Association).
This preliminary meeting, hosted by the University of Oslo; and The Norwegian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (NGF), is hosted in connection with NGF's annual conference.
You can attend the meeting in person in Ålesund, but this preliminary meeting will also be streamed (you will receive a link after registering) and a recording of the event will be made available on this page.
Speakers
The CS paradox: How our guidelines and practices in the west impact obstetric care elsewhere
Thomas van den Akker is professor in obstetrics, at Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands. He also trained as an International Health and Tropical Medicine physician and worked as a district physician in Malawi for four years.
The nexus of power, trust and risk – the role of (global) ethical deliberation in obstetrics
Kristine Bærøe is professor at the Center for Medical Ethics at the University of Oslo. She is interested in global public health challenges and ethics, specifically the social inequalities in health.
Financing
The event has received support from the Research Council of Norway.