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03 Oct 2024 • University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
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29th Annual World Congress for Medical Law, Istanbul, Turkey

August 5 - 8, 2025

Program Chair: Professor Berna Arda (MD, MedSpec, PhD)

Program will take place at Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus

We invite you to submit your abstracts online

(Deadline January 10, 2025) at:

https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76232/submitter

ABOUT WAML

The World Association for Medical Law (WAML) was established and the first Congress was held in Ghent, Belgium in 1967.

The purpose of the WAML is to encourage the study and discussion of health law, legal medicine and ethics, for the benefit of society and the advancement of human rights. The aim of the WAML is to promote the study of the consequences in jurisprudence, legislation and ethics of developments in medicine, health care and related sciences.

Since its creation the WAML held 26 World Congresses, and used its International Journal Medicine and Law for the publication of more than 2000 articles of authors from more than 100 countries. The Association engages in educational activities and aims to promote discussion and deliberation among academic and non academic channels, through its bi-monthly Members Newsletter, its regular Radio Program and more.

If you are interested in taking part in these activities and join our growing WAML family, you may apply for membership online.



SUBMIT RFP Congress Proposal

(2027 and/or 2028)

We are pleased to invite you to submit a proposal to host a Congress (2027 or 2028) for the World Association for Medical Law (WAML).   The Annual Congress offers educational activities for at least three days.  The meeting's didactic sessions provide instruction on subjects of health law, legal medicine and bioethics interest while the scientific sessions provide a platform for individual presentation of scientific studies and research in a peer review setting.

Program Details:

2027-2028: First or second week of August - suggest dates to not overlap holidays (Meetings traditionally held in August) and main religious celebrations.

RFP RESPONSE DEADLINE: 

Please respond via the standard template HERE to Denise McNally at worldassocmedlaw@gmail.com NO LATER than March 30, 2025.


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Medicine and Law is an international publication dealing with medico legal issues. It consists of original articles, court decisions, and legislation on: Medical Law, forensic medicine, sexology and law, psychiatry and law, psychology and law, dentistry and law, nursing law, pharmaceutical law, medical ethics, clinical criminology, drugs, alcohol, child abuse, medical experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, abortion, contraception, sterilization, euthanasia, religion, AIDS, etc.

The journal (Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Roy Beran) has been in publication since 1980 and has been recognized by the renowned Kennedy Institute of Ethics as a "priority journal".

The Journal accepts electronic submissions at jmedlaw@research.haifa.ac.il. All submissions must include abstract and keywords.

Information for authors can be found at http://wafml.memberlodge.org/sys/website/?pageId=1841471

The membership fee for The World Association for Medical Law includes a free subscription to the Electronic version of the Journal and access to previous issues (See: Members-only/Medicine and Law Journal). 

You can purchase access to the journal through HeinOnLine as well:

Online only: USD $179.00

Online and Bound Archive: USD $310.00

Bound Archive only: USD $199.00

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A Comparative Analysis

Global Perspectives on Medical Law series

Edited by Thierry Vansweevelt, Professor of Medical Law, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Nicola Glover-Thomas, Professor of Medical Law, University of Manchester, UK

Publication Date: 2023 ISBN: 978 1 03530 942 9 Extent: 322 pp

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Informed Consent and Health - A Global Analysis

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