[ecrea] Conference on Communicating Medical Error

the University of Lugano's Institute of Communication and Health is 
organizing an international, interdisciplinary conference on 
"Communicating Medical Error" (COME), which will take place on March 
18-22, 2013 on Monte Verità in Ascona, Switzerland (www.come.usi.ch 
<http://www.come.usi.ch>). The conference invites prominent scholars 
from diverse disciplines and countries to discuss the current and future 
research on medical error prevention, intervention, identification, 
analysis, reporting, correction, and disclosure. COME 2013 promises to 
become a milestone in medical error research and practice. It would be 
great if you could please forward the call for papers (see below) to 
your professional networks.

Thank you for your assistance.

Best regards,

Annegret Hannawa

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*Prof. Dr. Annegret F. Hannawa*

Institute of Communication and Health,

Faculty of Communication Sciences

University of Lugano

Via G. Buffi 13, CH-6904 Lugano

Phone: (0041) (0)58 666 4482

Fax: (0041) (0)58 666 4647

Web: http://www.ich.com.usi.ch/en/personal-info?id=2038

*CALL FOR PAPERS:* Conference on Communicating Medical Error (COME)

The University of Lugano's Institute of Communication and Health (ICH) 
invites the submission of papers and posters for its 2013 conference on 
Communicating Medical Errors (COME) in Switzerland. COME  brings 
together scholars from various fields to engage in an international 
dialogue about the state of knowledge on medical errors and to identify 
a coherent agenda for future research investigations beyond disciplinary 
and geographical boundaries (see www.come.usi.ch 
<http://www.come.usi.ch/>). Paper and poster submissions are invited on 
substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of 
medical error: incident prevention, intervention, identification, 
analysis, reporting, correction, and disclosure. COME encourages 
submissions from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited 
to communication, medicine, public health and health policy, psychology, 
linguistics, philosophy, ethics, economics, and law.

*REQUIREMENTS*

Papers and posters should describe original work. They should emphasize 
completed rather than intended research, and should indicate clearly the 
state of completion of the reported results. Papers and posters accepted 
for presentation at COME 2013 should not have already been presented at 
any other meeting with publicly available proceedings. Papers that are 
being submitted to other conferences or workshops must indicate this in 
the submission process.

*SUBMISSION INFORMATION*

Extended abstracts of max. 750 words should be submitted electronically 
through EasyChair 
(https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=come2013) between 2 
July and 15 August 2012. Non-presenters may also submit an application 
for attendance on the conference website during this time period.

*REVIEWING*

Paper and poster reviews will be double-blind. Final decisions on the 
acceptance will be communicated by the COME organization no later than 1 
October 2012.