Review of the IX International Symposium on Bioethics "Health, Medicine and Philosophy: Survival Strategies"

Abstract

The IX International Symposium on Bioethics on April 15-16, 2021 was a significant event for the bioethical community. There were discussed the applying of philosophical, theoretical, methodological and bioethical principles of modern medicine and the concept of health in the context of global challenges. The Symposium was organized by the Department of Philosophy of the Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine and the Ukrainian public organization "Ukrainian Association for Bioethics"; Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Sakharov International State Ecological Institute, Belarusian State University; Tashkent State Dental Institute; South Kazakhstan Medical Academy. The article highlights the key ideas of the reports of leading bioethicists, theorists of medicine and philosophers. Annotations of reports at the plenary session of the symposium are presented in more detail. In particular, there are represented the main thesis of the reports of Svetlana Pustovit, Tatiana Gardashuk, Olga Gomilko, Tatiana Mishatkina, Sergei Melnov, Vladimir Falko, Theodore Ţîrdea , Nikolai Kiselyov, Zamirа Mukhamedovа, Susan Miller. The main points of the resolution of the IX International Symposium, which were adopted by all participants, are reflected in this review.

Keywords

• ix international symposium on bioethics
• philosophy
• ethics
• health phenomenon
• paradigm
• pandemic
• values
• medicine