Bioethics Foundations, Applications and Future Challenges

The aim of this book is to introduce and discuss bioethics in a three-synergistic way: from the foundations to the current debates in relation to healthcare and social bioethics, and thereafter the possible future challenges. In this sense, the target audience can be from diverse disciplines: life and medical sciences, law, philosophy, psychology, and education. The book will be useful to high school students, in their first contacts with bioethics, college students, teachers and researchers, and the general public interested in these controversial debates of the past, present and future of bioethics.

THE BIOETHICAL PRINCIPLES: STATE OF ART. Towards a Definition of Bioethics as a Discipline. History of Bioethics. The Principlist Approach in Bioethics. APPLIED BIOETHICS. Bioethics in Biomedical Research. Unresolved Problems in Bioethics: The Beginning and End of Life. Ethics of Health Care Allocation of Resources. The Case of Organ Transplantation. Social Bioethics. FUTURE CHALLENGES. Challenges in Biomedical Areas. Roles and Challenges for Clinical Ethics Committees and Clinical Ethics Consultation Systems. Critical Bioethical Approach to Health Crisis Scenarios. The Challenge of Teaching Bioethics.

Irene Cambra-Badii - Bachelor degree in Psychology from Universidad de Buenos Aires and PhD in Psychology from Universidad El Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor of Ethics at Universidad de Buenos Aires (2008–2018). Professor of Bioethics (Medical school and Health sciences studies) at the Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), Spain, since 2021. Researcher at the Chair in Bioethics and Chair in Medical Education of UVic-UCC, since 2019. Member of the Research Group on Health Sciences Education in the Medicine and Life Sciences Department (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) since 2019.

Ester Busquets-Alibés - Registered Nurse from Universitat de Vic and PhD in Philosophy from Universitat Ramon Llull (URL). Professor of Ethics and Bioethics at Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya since 1999. Collaborator of the Borja Institute of Bioethics from URL (2001–2017). Director of de Journal Bioethics & Debat (2008–2017). Coordinator and researcher at the Chair in Bioethics of Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya since 2018. Member of different ethical committees (healthcare and research).

Núria Terribas-Sala - Degree in Law from Universitat de Barcelona. Specialized in bioethics and biolaw since 1992. Director of the Borja Institute of Bioethics -URL (1999–2014) and Director of de Journal Bioethics & Debat (2000–2017). Current Director of Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation (2014-) and Director of the Chair in Bioethics at UVic-UCC (2015-). Vice-President of the Bioethics Committee of Catalonia, member since 2009. Member of the Commission for the guarantee and evaluation of euthanasia in Catalonia (2021-). Member for the Integrity of Research of Catalonia (2021-). Member of the Advisory Council on Health – Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia (2018-); Member and legal advisor to clinical ethics committees.

Josep-E. Baños - MD and PhD in Pharmac