BIOETHICS INSTITUTE GHENT
The Bioethics Institute Ghent (BIG) at Ghent University is based at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy and is a subdivision of the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences. It serves as a meeting point for academics teaching and conducting research on bioethical issues at any Ghent University department. Bioethics comprises ethical issues in biomedicine, health care and biology, and the broader issues of biotechnology.
We invite you to explore our website, where you will find more information about
- the Institute,
- our research, and
- publication activities.
background
Most recent publications
- The forgotten group of donor conceived persons
- Robot Technology for the Elderly and the Value of Veracity: Disruptive Technology or Reinvigorating Entrenched Principles?
- Ethical considerations of fertility preservation
- Improving control over euthanasia of persons with psychiatric illness: Lessons from the first Belgian criminal court case concerning euthanasia