Healthcare Without Borders will be held from August 6-8, 2014. The three day event will be held during the 69th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony. It will provide an interdisciplinary platform for physicians, nurses, administrators, educators, researchers, academics, medical students, humanitarian aid workers, policy makers, non-profit professionals and related healthcare specialists. Submissions of 250 words are due by May 19, 2014. We welcome proposals from the following topics:
Biomedicine and Bioinformatics
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Complementary and alternative medicine
Critical care management
Dental health / Oral health
Dermatology
Drug development and pharmacology / toxicology
e-Health / m-Health / Telemedicine
Emergency room healthcare
Family medicine / General practice
Food safety / Foodborne illness
Geriatrics / Gerontology
Healthcare administration and policies
Healthcare business and data management
Immunology and epidemiology of major diseases
Intensive care management
Communicable / non-communicable diseases
Medical education
Medical ethics
Neurology
Nursing informatics
Nursing practice and education
Nutrition and dietetics
Obstetrics and gynecology
Occupational therapy
Oncology
Palliative care
Pathology
Pediatric care
Physical therapy
Psychiatry / Mental health
Public health / Community health
Sexual health
Ubiquitous healthcare (u-Health)
Special topics
Developing countries: providing aid in insecure environments
Developing countries: access to healthcare
Developing countries: appropriate healthcare technologies
Environmental health and climate change
Ethical issues in globalization of healthcare
Evaluating global healthcare
Millennium development goals: 2015 and beyond
Smart homes and ambient assisted living
Social work leadership in healthcare