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WHERE MEDICINE MEETS HUMANITY.

When resources disappear, systems collapse and the clinical environment becomes unpredictable, what does it truly mean to care?

MEET THE PANEL ↓
HUMANITY
BEYOND THE HOSPITAL WALLS

MEDICINE WHEN NOTHING IS SIMPLE.

In a humanitarian crisis, clinical knowledge is only the beginning.

Doctors and healthcare teams must work with uncertainty, limited resources, instability and profound human suffering.

Where Medicine Meets Humanity explores not only what healthcare professionals do in these environments, but how those environments reshape medicine itself.

THE QUESTIONS
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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN RESOURCES ARE NOT ENOUGH?

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HOW DO YOU PRACTISE MEDICINE UNDER THREAT?

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HOW DO YOU CARRY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN?

MEET THE PANEL

MEDICINE FROM INSIDE THE CRISIS.

Dr. Christos Christou SPEAKER
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DR. CHRISTOS CHRISTOU

SURGEON · HUMANITARIAN MEDICINE

Bringing extensive frontline humanitarian experience to a conversation about medicine in conflict and instability.

Professor Mark de Rond SPEAKER
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PROF. MARK DE ROND

ORGANISATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY

Bringing an immersive perspective on how people and teams behave under extraordinary pressure.

Dr. Hugo Rodrigues MODERATOR
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DR. HUGO RODRIGUES

MODERATOR

Guiding a conversation that moves beyond clinical technique towards human decisions and responsibilities.

CLINICAL QUESTION

WHAT CAN WE DO?

HUMAN QUESTION

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

WHERE MEDICINE MEETS HUMANITY

SOMETIMES THE HARDEST DECISION IN MEDICINE IS NOT MEDICAL.

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GO BEYOND CLINICAL PRACTICE. ASK WHAT IT MEANS TO CARE.

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