Eleventh Interdisciplinary Conference

Communication, Medicine & Ethics (COMET)

The University of Melbourne, Australia
July 11th- 13th, 2013

Medical Education Unit, Melbourne Medical School,
Language Testing Research Centre, School of Languages and Linguistics &
Centre for Health and Society, Population Health

The conference aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, involving various healthcare specialties and the human and social sciences. A special emphasis will be on the dissemination of ongoing research in discourse/communication studies and practical ethics which engages directly with healthcare practitioners.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

• Professor Arthur Frank, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Canada.
• Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer, School of Population Health, University of Adelaide. 

• Professor Fernando Martin Sanchez, Melbourne Medical School & Melbourne School of Engineering,
  The University of Melbourne. 

NEW  Preconference Master Class

Professor Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff University

Engaging qualitatively with healthcare discourse data .