In collaboration with the Laboratory, the Interdisciplinary Investigation Institute of the University of Coimbra (IIIUC) is organising the D(iii)a de Ética, which will take place on June 24, 2025, from 09:30 to 16:30, in hybrid format.

Participating in this event is free, but registration is mandatory.

Book your reservation by filling out the pre-registration form, until June 7.

The event programme foresees a set of informational and formation sessions during the morning, aimed at researchers, PhD students, and anyone else potentially interested in this field of study.

The afternoon will be spent reflecting and debating at a roundtable that will be moderated by Professor Alexandre Soveral Martins (Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra) and by Professor Ana Margarida Gaudêncio (LREA).

This event will be exclusively in Portuguese.

February 11, 2025

Observatory Meeting

Case study:

"The inevitability of ethics in protection against ionising raditation"

Ana Quadrado

Master of the Superior School of Health Technology in Coimbra

February 4, 2025

Observatory Meeting

Case study:

"Voluntary interruption of pregnancy: judiciary-punitive perspective"

Sónia Fidalgo

Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra

December 3, 2024

Observatory Meeting

Case study:

"Ethical challenges of involving people and communities in research-action"

Márcia Cruz

(Superior Nursing School of Porto)

Irma Brito

(Superior Nursing School of Coimbra)

October 1, 2024

Observatory Meeting

Case study:

"The jurisdiction surrounding Divorce in Portugal: a brief dialogue between Law and Morality"

Rosa Cândido Martins

Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra​

April 9, 2024 - 15:00

Observatory Meeting

Case study:

"Ethics applied to the Neurosciences. A neurosurgery case [cosmetics]"

Ana Elisabete Ferreira

Portuguese Catholic University

March 5, 2024 - 15:00

Observatory Meeting

Case study:

"Ethical Issues in the Early Diagnosis of Dementia"

Zélia Rodrigues

Expert Nurse in Mental Health, UCC Castelo-Penela

December 12, 2023 - 14:00

Observatory Meeting

Case study:

"The end of the beginning: ethical issues of the end of life in children, the IG case"

João Emanuel Diogo

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, CECH Room (5th floor)

March 21, 2023, 14:30

Humanising Healthcare in Coimbra Movement”

Talk by João Pedroso de Lima

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra

Should you wish to participate in this discussion, please contact: eticaesaude.lrea@gmail.com. Please indicate your profession and affiliation (if any). All applications require approval.

March 7, 2023, 14:30

"The salaries of participants in clinical rehearsals: compensation, incentive, or venalisation?"

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra

Should you wish to participate in this discussion, please contact: eticaesaude.lrea@gmail.com. Please indicate your profession and affiliation (if any). All applications require approval.

January 10, 2023, 14:30

"Mental Health and Deprivation of Freedom"

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, TP2 Room

The Colloquium will also be broadcast via Zoom.

February 15 and 22, 2023, 14:30

"Ethics, Health and Society" [programme here]

Auditório António Arnaut, Auditório das Escolas Superiores de Enfermagem e de Tecnologias da Saúde de Coimbra

The Colloquium will also be broadcast via Zoom. Sign up in https://sites.google.com/view/eticasaudeesociedade

For more information contact: eticaesaude.lrea@gmail.com

January 26, 2022, 14:30 - 17:00

Debate on "Medically assisted death".

Participation of Ana Figueiredo Sol, Inês Fernandes Godinho, João Pedroso de Lima, Diogo Ferrer, António Carneiro, and João Emanuel Diogo.

- November 17, 2020 – Online discussion session on the theme "Sanitary impositions in the fight against Covid 19 and limitations of human rights”, promoted by the Observatory members, Joaquim Viana and Alexandre Franco de Sá.

- May 15, 2020 – Online discussion session on the theme “Living in society in times of pandemic: protective measures and ethical behaviours”.

- February 22, 2020 – Meeting of the Laboratory of Applied Ethics’ Observatory - analysis of a case presented by Professor Fernando Fonseca, Head of the Orthopaedics Department of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre on the compatibility between clinical decisions and financial criteria.

- November 19, 2019 – Organization of the seminar under the theme “Ethical deliberation in Medicine”, in partnership with Project H2 – “Humanising the Hospital”, which took place at the Congress Centre of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (news report)

November 19, 2019

2nd Meeting of the Collaborators Assembly, with the topic "Decision Making in Medical Ethics (reflections on a text by Diego Gracia)", in partnership with Project H2 – “Humanising the Hospital”, which took place at the Congress Centre of the Coimbra Hospital and University Centre

- October 22, 2019 – Meeting of the Laboratory of Applied Ethics’ Observatory - analysis of the medical, legal, and philosophical implications of euthanasia, based on Vincent Lambert’s case.

May 13, 2019

Inaugural session of the Laboratory of Rationality and Applied Ethics, on the theme “Ethical, medical and legal dilemmas of the end of life”.