The International Chair in Bioethics (ICB)

Books & Publications

Books Published by the Chair

Books on Bioethics published by members of the Chair

Books on Bioethics published by external bodies

Sources and other literary aids

Global Bioethics Enquiry

The Monthly Cases

Books Published by the Chair

Between the Scales, Agosto 2026

Book of Abstracts 17th World Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 2025

Anonymity in Gamete Donation and the Right to Know Ones Genetic Origins Practices and Perspectives from Around the World

Book of Abstracts 16th World Conference, Brazil, Brasilia, July 2024

Book of Abstracts 15th World Conference, Porto, Portugal, October 2023

Book of Abstracts 14th World Conference, Porto, Portugal, March 2022

Ethics in Psychiatry and Mental Health (Spanish)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry Case Vignettes (English)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry Case Vignettes (Arabic)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry Case Vignettes (Hebrew)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry Case Vignettes (Traditional Chinese)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry Case Vignettes (Italian – Part 1)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry Case Vignettes (Italian – Part 2)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry Case Vignettes (Italian – Part 3)

Teaching Ethics in Psychiatry

Psychiatric Ethics (English)

Psychiatric Ethics (Chinese)

Psychiatric Ethics (Greek)

First Syllabus – 1st Edition (English)

First Syllabus (Albanian)

First Syllabus (Bulgarian)

First Syllabus (French)

First Syllabus (Italian)

First Syllabus (Portugues)

First Syllabus – 2nd Edition (English)

First Syllabus – 2nd Edition (Italian)

Bioethics for Judges (English)

Bioethics for Judges (Italian)

Bioethics for Judges (Greek)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (English)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (German)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (Hebrew)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (Macedonian)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (Italian)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (Polish)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (Spanish)

Casebook on Bioethics and the Holocaust (Spanish)

The Ethics of Pharmaceutical Industry Influence in Medicine (English)

The Ethics of Pharmaceutical Industry Influence in Medicine (Greek)

Teaching Ethics in Organ Transplantation and Tissue Donation Cases and Movies (English)

Teaching Ethics in Organ Transplantation and Tissue Donation Cases and Movies (Greek)

Moral Games for Teaching Bioethics (English)

Moral Games for Teaching Bioethics (Chineese)

Moral Games for Teaching Bioethics (Greek)

Reproductive Health (English)

Reproductive Health (Traditional chineese)

Reproductive Health (Greek)

Informed Consent (English)

Informed Consent (Arabic)

Informed Consent (Bulgarian)

Informed Consent (Chineese)

Informed Consent (Traditional Chineese)

Informed Consent (French)

Informed Consent (Polish)

Informed Consent (Romanian)

Informed Consent (Russian)

Informed Consent (Slovak)

Informed Consent (Spanish)

Informed Consent (Turkish)

Informed Consent (Greek)

Clinical Bioethics Practical Case Study (English)

Books on Bioethics published by members of the Chair

The Ethics of Care, One Health, and the Environment

Integrating Plant Health into Circular Health for a Sustainable Future

Medically Assisted Death An International Review

EVOO and Mediterranean Diet

Agrifood waste valorization ethical considerations

Book of Abstracts PhD on Bıoethıcs, 15th World Conference, Porto, Portugal, October 2023

Healthcare as a Universal Human Right – Sustainability in Global Health

Classroom Communication (English)

Classroom Communication (Spanish)

Classroom Communication (Traditional chineese)

Classroom Communication (Greek)

Casebook on Human Dignity and Human Rights

Casebook on Benefit and Harm

Bioethics Education

Bioethics and the Holocaust

E-book “Ethical challenges in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine: human and non-human caring”

Books on Bioethics published by external bodies

Bioethics Core Curriculum Section 1

Bioethics Core Curriculum Section 2

The World Caught a Cold

Sources and other literary aids

Global Bioethics

Ethics and Law in Biomedicine and Genetics

Bioethics and Journalism

National Bioethics Committees in Action

UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights

Asia Pacific Perspectives on Biotechnology and Bioethics

Asia Pacific Perspectives on Medical Ethics

Asia Pacific Perspectives on Environmental Ethics

Establishing Bioethics Committees

Bioethics Committees at Work Procedures and Policies

Educating Bioethics Committees

Bioethik Erklaerung

Human Cloning Ethical Issues

Global Bioethics Enquiry

GBE Vol.10 – Issue 3 December 2022

GBE Vol.10 – Issue 2 September 2022

GBE Vol.10 – Issue 1 March 2022

GBE Vol.9 – Issue 3 December 2021

GBE Vol.9 – Issue 2 September 2021

GBE Vol.9 – Issue1 March 2021

GBE Vol.8 – Issue 3 December 2020

GBE Vol.8 – Issue 2 September 2020

GBE Vol.8 – Issue 1 March 2020

Global Bioethics Enquiry Special Supplement 2019

GBE Vol.7 – Issue 3 December 2019

GBE Vol.7 – Issue 2 September 2019

GBE Vol.7 – Issue 1 March 2019

Global Bioethics Enquiry Special Supplement 2018

GBE Vol.6 – Issue 3 December 2018

GBE Vol.6 – Issue 2 September 2018

GBE Vol.6 – Issue 1 April 2018

GBE Vol.5 – Issue 3 December 2017

GBE Vol.5 – Issue 2 September 2017

GBE Vol.5 – Issue 1 April 2017

GBE Vol.11 – Issue 3 December 2023

GBE Vol. 12 – Issue 1 March 2024

The Monthly Cases

Case 1: Competency

Case 2: Refusal of Treatment

Case 3: Should this patient be sedated

Case 4: Bioethics Journal

Case 5: Medical Records of Third Parties

Case 6: Should we inform the patient?

Case 7: Should genetic prenatal diagnosis be performed?

Case 8: Should clinical information be given by phone or email?

Case 9: Decision in cases of adolescents with serious illnesses

Case 10: Patients treatment request.

Case 11: Should information regarding the adoption of the patient be withheld?

Case 12: Should I Change The Time Of Death On The Medical Certificate Of Death?

Case 13: Doctors on social media

Case 14: Cultural Values or Best Practice

Case 15: Conscientious objection or convenience?

Case 16: Who is the designated representative?

Case 17: Artificial Intelligence friend or foe?

Case 18: What should be done if terminal sedation is not indicated?

Case 19: Favourable treatment for a friend, or unfavourable treatment to other patients?

Case 20: Conflict among professionals: Who decides?

Case 21: Social challenge or an ethical issue

Case 22: Fetal Welfare

Case 23: Who Is Responsible For A Patient’s Treatment?

Case 24: Navigating Tubal Ligation Decisions for a person with Down Syndrome.

Case 25: Should information be withheld from a patient?

Case 26: Please Doctor, decide for me

Case 27: Should Paloma be left alone?

Case 28: Married or Single – who needs to know in Assisted Reproduction?

Case 29: Children’s Healthcare Post-Separation

Case 30: Is no one informing the patient

Case 31: Is this a case of refusal of treatment?

Case 32: Food deliveries at the hospital

Case 33: Challenges with death certification

Case 34: Sexual Consent and Cognitive Impairment

Case 35: Is it necessary to remove undergarments?

Case 36: Confidentiality in assisted reproduction: Are there exception?

Case 37: Nudges, or Coercion? “The Option Almost Everyone Chooses”

Case 38: Christmas Is Here…And Gifts For Healthcare Professionals

Case 39: My first surgery … should i tell them?

Case 40: There’s An Emergency While I’m On Vacation: What Do I Do?

Case 41: My medical license

Case 42: Assisted reproduction and domestic violence

Case 43: Diagnosis above all else?

Case 44: That Pain in the Neck Is Back in the Emergency Department