On March 13 at 17h., the V Josep Egozcue Conferences will be held at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona
Thomas Murray, president of the Hastings Center, will be the guest speaker at the Josep Egozcue Conferences, which this year will focus on synthetic biology. After his lecture a round table will be held on "Science, ethics and communication".
Thomas Murray Works on a project about ethics and biology at the Hastings Center. Throughout his professional career he has occupied the position of Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and he has also been president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.
March 13, at 17h.
Pompeu Fabra University
Campus de la Comunicació
Edificio Tànger
Roc Boronat 138 (Sala de Conferencias)
Barcelona
REGISTRATION CLOSED.
The event is organized in conjunction with the Scientific Communication Observatory at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
The monograph explores both the management and the healthcare viewpoints: their anxieties, priorities and what they share in common.
The new monograph explores both the management and the healthcare viewpoints: their anxieties, priorities and what they share in common.
Diego Gracia, professor of the History of medicine, and Manel Peiró, director of the program Integrated Healthcare Management (DSIS) run by the ESADE business school, took part in this monograph which reflects upon the current ethics and the values in the healthcare sector. The publication also draws on contributions from nursing and healthcare professionals and management.
Only Spanish version available
. Francesc Abel i Fabre, member of the board of trustees of the Víctor Grifols i Lucas Foundation, died on December 31st, 2011.
He had been ill for some time, and was obliged to abandon the activities that he had previously pursued so relentlessly and with such enthusiasm that he was recognized as the very soul of Bioethics in Catalonia.
Thirty-five years ago, he founded the Borja Institute of Bioethics which was the first Spanish institute of its kind. As a Doctor of Medicine and a member of The Society of Jesus he soon felt the need to institutionalize how society reflected upon the important issues that arose in conjunction with the practice of medicine. He personally knew how the Kennedy Institute of Ethics operated in the United States, and he himself was already well-known among the pioneers who studied bioethics. Being open-minded, he was able to lay the foundations and build an institution that was never afraid to address even the most controversial issues concerning the beginning and the end of human life. His friendly nature and astute talent accompanied him throughout his life. This enabled him to deal with complicated issues without making a drama of them and to look for ways of bringing opposing view points closer together.
Francesc Abel has been an invaluable source of help and support to the Víctor Grifols Foundation due to his sharp lucid mind. We already began to miss his presence at the board meetings when his poor health prevented him from attending. We thank him for everything that he has taught us and for his excellent disposition towards others. Everyone at the foundation who has known him will remember him as they continue with their work.
Victoria Camps
President.
Wishing you a beautiful holiday season and a new year of peace and happiness.
The summary of the course "Ethics in health institutions: the logic care and the logic of management" is now available for download.
The seminar was coordinated by Josep Maria Lozano, professor in the Social Sciences department at ESADE, and the following speakers took part:
• Diego Gracia, professor of History of medicine at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
• Manel Peiró, director of the Integrated Health Service Program at ESADE.
November 22 in the auditorium of the Pedrera building (Barcelona)
The foundation Amics de la Gent Gran has organized the International Conference on Loneliness, to be held on November 22, which aims to analyze the causes and consequences of the social isolation that affects more than half a million elderly people in Spain.
The Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation is supporting the event with collaboration from Ramon Bayès who is a member of the board of trustees and who will be on the Scientific Committee throughout the event.
December 2 at "Centre de Curtura Contemporània" of Barcelona. Free of charge.
On December 2, the Consorcio Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo in Barcelona – Ernest Lluch Center (CUIMPB) and the Victor Grífols i Lucas Foundation will be holding the course "Accompaniment at the End of Life". The day-long course will analyze the support that a patient at the end of life receives in different healthcare settings and how this can be improved.
Registration is free of charge.
Program and registration
Place:
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
C/ Montalegre, 5 Barcelona
Excerpts from Adela Cortina's lecture are included in the videos.
Around 100 people attended the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation Bioethics Research Prizes and Grants Ceremony
The ceremony started with a lecture titled: "Are we learning from the economic crisis? The place of ethics in the economy", delivered by Adela Cortina, professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at the University of Valencia.
After the lecture, the awards were presented to the winners. The research prize, doted with 6,000 euros, was given to Eduardo Alfonso Rueda Barrera, professor at the Javeriana University in Bogota for the project: Incertitude, autonomy and use of predictive genetic testing: Beyond individual consent.
The journalistic prize, worth 3,000 euros, was given to Raquel Cors, for the television documentary "Zeladors" (Orderlies), which was broadcast by Spanish national television (TVE) on April 10, 2010 in the program "Gran Angular" (The Wide Angle). The jury also awarded four research grants for projects to be completed the following year.
After the lecture, the awards were presented to the winners. The research prize, doted with 6,000 euros, was given to Eduardo Alfonso Rueda Barrera, professor at the Javeriana University in Bogota for the project: Incertitude, autonomy and use of predictive genetic testing: Beyond individual consent.
The journalistic prize, worth 3,000 euros, was given to Raquel Cors, for the television documentary "Zeladors" (Orderlies), which was broadcast by Spanish national television (TVE) on April 10, 2010 in the program "Gran Angular" (The Wide Angle). The jury also awarded four research grants for projects to be completed the following year.
Conference by Adela Cortina, Professor of Moral Philosophy and Politics at the University of Valencia, to be held on next October 20 at 19.00 h.
The conference forms part of the Foundation's Bioethics Prizes and Scholarships awards ceremony. Adela Cortina is director of the ETNOR foundation, member of the National Committee for Assisted Human Reproduction and member of the Advisory Board to the Spanish Health and Consumption Ministry. She works in political philosophy and in ethical issues related to companies, politics and healthcare. Her conference addresses the role of ethics in the current economic climate.
October 20, at 19.00 h.
IDEC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Balmes, 132-134
Barcelona
The event is free of charge. To register, please access the calendar and go to October 20.
The research prize was awarded to Eduardo Alfonso Rueda Barrera for the project Incertitude, autonomy and use of predictive genetic testing: Beyond individual consent.
Research prize:
Eduardo Alfonso Rueda Barrera, professor at the Javeriana University in Bogota for the project: Incertitude, autonomy and use of predictive genetic testing: Beyond individual consent.
Journalistic prize:
The journalistic prize was awarded to the television documentary "Zeladors" (Orderlies), that was broadcast by Spanish national television (TVE) on April 10, 2010 in the program "Gran Angular" (The Wide Angle).
Research grants were awarded to:
The team lead by Anna Rodríguez Morera of the Catalonian Oncology Institute in Gerona (Institut Català d'Oncologia de Girona) for the Project: Emotional reactions and behavior in children and adolescents whose parents have advanced stages of cancer.
The team lead by Magí Farré Albaladejo of the IMIM Foundation for the project: Placebo information in clinical trials and its influence on participant decision.
Roser Marquet Palomer of the ICS EAP Canet de Mar (Canet de Mar Local Health Center) for the Project: Perception of confidentiality in elderly patients in rural communities.
Marta Roca i Escoda at the Institute of Law and technology at the UAB for the project: Uterine surrogacy compared to the parenting system: Analysis of a current phenomenon.
Free registration. You can register for the conferences by going to the calendar and accessing July 22.
Publishers Triacastela and the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation have collaborated to publish a Spanish edition of one of the most influential texts in medicine and bioethics.
Written by Alfred Tauber, it offers a personal introduction to the history of bioethics, the development of the health system in the United States, and the leading schools of philosophy of the 20th century. He addresses all of these issues by recounting episodes from a doctor's life.
Tauber, A; Confesiones de un médico. Un ensayo filosófico. Madrid: Triacastela; Fundació Víctor Grífols i Lucas, 2011.
ISBN: 978-8495840-60-8
The lectures by Lise Rochaix and John Cairns, delivered at the Global Health Leadership Forum, are now available for download.
Lise Rochaix, president of the Commission for Economic Evaluation and Public Health of the Haute Autorité de Santé, and John Cairns, Member of the Evaluation Committee of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, shared their experiences of funding and the establishment of health priorities. Participants in the session found out about the models applied in France and the United Kingdom, and also had the opportunity of hearing about other countries.
The text of these lectures, sponsored by the Foundation at the Global Health Leadership Forum, are available in PDF format.
Lectures