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2025 Pediatric Bioethics Conference

July 17 to 19, 2025

The Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care will be hosting the 20th annual Pediatric Bioethics Conference, Attending to Stories: Narrative Ethics and Pediatrics.

Call for Abstracts

Submissions of abstracts for oral presentations at the conference breakout sessions are welcome for the 2025 Pediatric Bioethics Conference.

Abstracts can be case-based, empirical studies, conceptual analysis, or narrative related to the conference theme Attending to Stories: Pediatrics, Bioethics, and Narrative. Abstracts should be de-identified and include an ethical analysis.

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Explore Previous Conference Archives

Since 2005, the Pediatric Bioethics Conference has been a leading resource for exploring current pediatric bioethics and palliative care conversations. Learn more about previous conference topics.

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