In 2008 we celebrated the first ten years of the Foundation with the aim of following the study and understanding of ethical issues.
In 2008 we celebrated the first ten years of the Foundation with the aim of following the study and understanding of ethical issues. The annual report includes all the activities done in 2008, as well as the bioethics awards and grants and the new published monographs.
The Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation has launched a new series of publications under the heading Ethical questions
The first title in the collection is ¿Qué hacer con los agresores sexuales reincidentes? [What should we do with persistent sexual offenders?] Published online, it includes the panel discussion and the contributions of Enrique Echeburúa, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of the Basque Country; Mercedes García Arán, Professor of Moral Philosophy of the Autonomous University of Barcelona; José María Mena, Former Chief Public Prosecutor with the High Court of Justice of Catalonia; Joan Carles Navarro, Director of Can Brians Prison and Santiago Redondo Illescas, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Criminology at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Barcelona.
The Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation recently edited the monographs: The Issue of Patient Competence and Informed Consent and Cultural Diversity.
The Foundation monographs are a collection of publications in Spanish and English which are aimed at making the contents and conclusions of the Foundation's activities available to the public. The Foundation also publishes translations of international documents on bioethics and collaborates with other institutions to make important texts on these subjects more widely available.