RESEARCH

The Department of Bioethics and Medical Ethics is involved in several national and international research projects, namely:

I- Basic Ethical Principles in European Bioethics and Biolaw (1996)
Financing: BIOMED II. Partners: Centre For Ethics and Law (Copenhagen University, Peter Kemp Co-ordinator of the Project) et al.

II- Ethical Perspectives in Cochlear Implantation: (1997)
Financing: National Secretariat for Handicapped People (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project). Partners: Gallaudet University (Washington, DC).

III- Debate on the Definition of Priorities in the Health Sector (1997)
Financing: BIOMED II (EU Project “Europriorities”, Contract  No.: BMH4-CT96-0966).
Partners: Lund University (Goran Herméren, Co-ordinator of the Project) et al.

IV- National Inquiry to Healthcare Committees (1999)
Financing: Commission for Healthcare Investigation, Ministry of Health (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project). Partners: Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Porto University.

V- Healthcare Humanization and the Deaf Patient (1999)
Financing: National Commission for Humanization and Quality of Healthcare (Pinto Hespanhol, Co-ordinator of the Project).

VI- EU-Project Xenotransplantation: Ethical, Legal and Economical Aspects (2000)
Financing: BIOMED II. Partners: Lüneburg University (Jurgen Simon, Co-ordinator of the Project) et al.

VII- Benchmarks of Fairness for Healthcare Reform (2000)
Financing: Luso-American Foundation for Development. Partners: Tufts University, Medford, MA (Norman Daniels, Co-ordinator of the Project).

VIII- Ethical Issues of Evidence-Based Practice in Medicine and Health Care (2000)
Financing: BIOMED II (EU-Project QLRT1999 - 30964 EviBase). Partners: Maastricht University (Ruud Ter Meulen, Co-ordinator of the Project).

IX- Support to the Parents of Deaf Children (2000)
Financing: National Secretariat for Handicapped People (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project). Partners: Porto Deaf Association.

X- Performance of Deaf Children (2002)
Financing: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project). Partners: Porto Deaf Association.

XI- Alcohol, Pregnancy and Information (2002)
Financing: GlaxoSmithKline Foundation for Health Sciences (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project). Partners: Portuguese Institute of Alcohol.

XII- EPITeen – The 1990 Cohort (2003)
Financing: Foundation for Science and Technology. Partners: Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Porto University (Henrique Barros, Co-ordinator of the Project).

XIII- Sexuality and  Affects – Health Education as a Pathway to Social Ethics (2004)
Financing: National Commission for AIDS (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project).

XIV- Language and Human Development (2004)
Financing: School of Medicine, Porto University. Partners: School of Health Sciences, Minho University (Lima Rodrigues, Co-ordinator of the Project).

XV- Palliative Care and Communication Skills (2005)
Financing: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project). Partners: Portuguese Institute of Oncology.

XVI- Cochlear Implantation. Long-Term Rehabilitation (2006)
Financing: National Secretariat for Handicapped People (Rui Nunes, Co-ordinator of the Project). Partner: Porto Deaf Association