Joint Meeting EGE -SMER

Joint Meeting – European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies and Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics
A Joint Meeting between European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), and Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics (SMER), will take place in Stockholm on 16 September.

Venue: Prime Minister’s Office, Rosenbad, 4.
Meeting room : Rotundan

On the agenda:
Swedish views on regulations concerning controversial ethical questions

Short presentations from SMER members on different topics:
Chatrine Pålsson Ahlgren: preimplantation diagnosis, PGD.
Jan Wahlström: prenatal diagnosis
Barbro Westerholm: assisted reproduction
Niels Lynöe: end-of-life decisions

Harmonisation of European regulation in bio-law

Presentations by: Linda Nielsen and Daniel Tarschys
– Consequences of differences? – Harmonisation desirable? – Harmonisation politically possible?