Call for Abstracts: “Nursing care in times of epidemics and pandemics –historical and ethical issues”
Workshop 3rd and 4th September 2021 in Heidelberg, Germany (or online if the COVID-19 pandemic requires it)
Deadline for abstracts: November 30th, 2020
Deadline for manuscripts: July 31st, 2021
About the Workshop: The „European Association for the History of Nursing“ and the “European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics” invites to submit contributions to an international workshop on this topic, where precirculated papers will be discussed. Depending on the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the exchange can thus take place in person or online. It is desirable that the original papers will be published in the European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics, 4th issue 2022 (see: https://www.enhe.eu/).
About the topic: The COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge of historical significance. For the first time since the 1950s and 1960s, the persuasion of being an immunized society was shaken. Diseases and pandemics were long portrayed in public history as historical events that modern scientific medicine was able to happily overcome thanks to the invention of antibiotics and vaccination programs. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the perspective on the history of epidemics; currently the question arises how we can learn from past pandemics today. At the same time, the recent discussion shows that in the context of pandemics, ethical challenges to the health care system –such as questions of distributive justice –are becoming particularly acute. Last but not least, against the background of the COVID-19 crisis, society is becoming increasingly aware of the crucial importance of nurses in the health care system. The workshop aims on the one hand to make nurses visible as actors in the history of pandemics in the various European countries, and on the other hand to discuss ethical challenges for nurses in both historical and current contexts.
For more information, please visit: https://www.enhe.eu/announcements