Ethics and Value Challenges in
Antibiotic Resistance Management, Policy & Research
Symposium, 15-16 November, 2017
The World Health Organization, WHO,
identifies antibiotic resistance as a global challenge threatening human health
and the fundamental achievements of modern medicine. Ethics and value conflicts
are at the centre of this challenge: both regarding slowing down resistance
development and addressing problems due to resistance. These issues arise on
all levels, from day-to-day food consumption and clincial health care,
phamaceutical and food production, to national and global policy.
This symposium was the first ever major
international conference on this topic, organized by the Centre for Antibiotic
Resistance research (CARe). It assembled world leading scholars from
anthropology, economics, ethics, law, philosophy, politics and medicine, across
two full days of presentations and discussions.