It is a great pleasure to invite you to the inaugural Conference on Disease-Mongering to be held in Newcastle New South Wales, Australia on April 11th to 13th 2006.

The conference will bring together academics, researchers, health professionals, health managers, journalists, writers and consumers who share an interest and concern over the trend to corporate definitions of diseases with a primary interest in making profits rather than a concern for the public health.

The Conference will feature speakers who are internationally recognized in this field. We are also inviting free papers on any topic related to disease-mongering and medicalisation.

The conference will be organized around a mixture of plenary, parallel and small group sessions. The aims of the conference are to review a range of examples of disease-mongering, to develop a common view on the character and magnitude of the problems created by disease-mongering, to develop some position statements and a research agenda that will hopefully lead to collaborative projects

Professor David Henry
Physician
School of Medical Practice and Public Health
The University of Newcastle, NSW

Ray Moynihan
Journalist and Writer
School of Medical Practice and Public Health
The University of Newcastle, NSW

The conference will be held at the

David Maddison Building
Royal Newcastle Hospital
Pacific Street
Newcastle NSW 2300

Key Dates
Early Registration Deadline: 24 February 2006
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 March 2006