An international conference in Vitebsk will be dedicated to the issues of medical ethics

May 28, Vitebsk /BELTA/. The VI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Problems of Medical Ethics in the Modern World" will be held on May 29 at the Vitebsk State Medical University with the participation of scientists, medical workers, and representatives of the clergy from 6 countries, the university informed BELTA. More than 120 scientists and specialists from medical institutions, educational institutions, and theologians from Belarus, Russia, Switzerland, India, and Sri Lanka will gather in the regional center to discuss medical and ethical problems of healing. Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski (Vatican), Chairman of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, is expected to participate in the scientific forum. The main theme of the interdisciplinary dialogue will be the problem of the relationship between doctor and patient in a new cultural situation and in the context of the active implementation of the latest technologies in healthcare practice. The forum's agenda includes discussions on bioethics in modern medicine, prevention of alcoholism and drug addiction, and spiritual aspects of combating abortion and euthanasia. The participants will also focus on various issues of improving the quality of life of patients against the backdrop of the rapid development of pharmacotherapy, and ethical aspects of organizing the educational process in a medical university. The conference is organized by the Vitebsk Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church and the Vitebsk State Medical University with the support of the regional executive committee. -0-