Research Group on Bioethics at the University of Valencia - GIBUV

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2014-189

 
Description of research activity:
The Bioethics Research Group of the Universitat de València (GIBUV) works in an interdisciplinary way on the new ethical challenges that arise in health care and life sciences. It is currently made up of 39 researchers from various disciplines, including philosophy, medicine, nursing, psychology, law, pedagogy, social work and chemistry, and is open to the participation of researchers from other fields. Among the entities represented, in addition to the Universitat de València (with the participation of five different faculties), are a number of hospitals and health centres in the Valencia region and central services. GIBUV was officially born in January 2004, when Juan Carlos Siurana, then Ramón y Cajal researcher, registered at the Universitat de València the group he coordinated with research fellows interested in bioethics from the Doctoral Programme in Ethics and Democracy. The registration reference is UV-0283. Shortly afterwards, its website was created and contacts with other researchers were initiated. Since then, the group has grown to take on the broad and diverse form it has today. It has developed five research projects funded by competitive calls, among which we...The Bioethics Research Group of the Universitat de València (GIBUV) works in an interdisciplinary way on the new ethical challenges that arise in health care and life sciences. It is currently made up of 39 researchers from various disciplines, including philosophy, medicine, nursing, psychology, law, pedagogy, social work and chemistry, and is open to the participation of researchers from other fields. Among the entities represented, in addition to the Universitat de València (with the participation of five different faculties), are a number of hospitals and health centres in the Valencia region and central services. GIBUV was officially born in January 2004, when Juan Carlos Siurana, then Ramón y Cajal researcher, registered at the Universitat de València the group he coordinated with research fellows interested in bioethics from the Doctoral Programme in Ethics and Democracy. The registration reference is UV-0283. Shortly afterwards, its website was created and contacts with other researchers were initiated. Since then, the group has grown to take on the broad and diverse form it has today. It has developed five research projects funded by competitive calls, among which we highlight the following: The new challenges for bioethics: fundamentals of bioethics, ethics of the environment and biotechnologies, ethics of health organisations and clinical ethics, reference GV04A309, funded by the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Government); Reciprocal recognition as a basis for intercultural bioethics, reference: FFI2008-06133/FISO, funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation; and Els efectes del bon humor en el grau d'autonomia dels pacients en la fase final de la vida (Valencian for Good mood effects on the degree of autonomy of patients in the final phase of life.) reference PCC-8/13, funded by the Generalitat Valenciana. It has also developed two other funded projects on ethical aspects of health care for immigrants and the elderly, and is carrying out its own project on the reciprocal recognition of capacities for the sustainability of health care. The projects involve foreign researchers. Its members have spent several stays in foreign centres in Europe, America and Asia. They have published their results in quality indexed journals and books in prestigious publishing houses. Since 2004 they have been holding the Permanent Bioethics Seminar of the University of Valencia, which has already held more than 50 conferences. The group has co-organised the I and II International Congress on Bioethics, held in Valencia in 2010 and 2012, with great success in terms of participation and international impact, and which continues to be held every two years. The GIBUV currently coordinates the Ibero-American Network of Bioethics Research Groups - RIGIB, which has obtained recognition and funding from the Ibero-American University Association of Postgraduate Studies (AUIP). The participating entities are currently the following: Universitat de València, Spain (coordinator); Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universida de Federal da Paraíba, Brazil; Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia; Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Serafín Ruiz de Zárate, de Villa Clara, Cuba; Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Nicaragua; Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru; Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal; Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Fundación Fernando Rincón Canaán, Universidad del Zulia-Escuela de Medicina, Venezuela. The Ibero-American network RIGIB is made up of 171 researchers. GIBUV receives foreign researchers for postdoctoral stays.
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Web:

http://www.uv.es/gibuv

 
Scientific-technical goals:
  • Revisar la historia y fundamentacion de la bioetica, como referentes eticos para analizar la atencion sanitaria y la investigacion clinica.
  • Analizar eticamente la situacion de personas vulnerables, estudiando el papel de los Comites de Bioetica y la legislacion sanitaria.
  • Proponer el reconocimiento reciproco y el enfoque de las capacidades como base de una bioetica intercultural, del desarrollo y de la sostenibilidad.
  • Estudiar el impacto de las nuevas tecnologias en nuestras vidas y la aportacion de la etica ecologica para una mejor integracion en nuestro entorno.
  • Ofrecer las bases y mostrar las aplicaciones de la etica del humor como nueva teoria etica, destacando su potencial para el ambito sanitario.
 
Research lines:
  • History and rationale of bioethics.Study of the history of bioethics and analysis of the main ethical theories on which bioethics is based, including: discourse ethics, narrative ethics, critical hermeneutics, feminist ethics, natural law, principles of bioethics, values, virtues and emotions.
  • Health care and clinical research ethics.Ethics in the health professions. Shared decision-making with the patient. Violence in the consultation room. Consultation time. Errors. Informed consent. Capacity. Confidentiality. Quality of life. Ethics of family therapy and mediation. Accountability. Ethics in research.
  • Bioethics in children, the elderly, functional diversity, mental health and the end of life.Care for people in situations of fragility and dependence. Bioethics in paediatrics. Attitude towards children with functional diversity. Care of the elderly. Mental health. Suffering of patients and relatives at the end of life. Palliative care. Advance directives.
  • Bioethics committees, case analysis methodologies and health law.Role of Health Care Bioethics Committees, problems and functioning. Research Ethics Committees. National and Autonomous Region Committees. Methodologies for analysing bioethical cases. Analysis of health legislation related to bioethics.
  • Mutual recognition, intercultural and global bioethics.Establishing reciprocal recognition as the core of intercultural and global bioethics. Relational sociology. Global citizenship, cosmopolitanism and deliberative politics. Immigration and bioethics. Reciprocal recognition between health professionals, patients and relatives.
  • Capabilities approach, development, education, film and bioethics.Capabilities approach and development bioethics. Development education. Moral development. Health education, especially for people with disabilities. Bioethics training. Mind, brain and education. Education of emotions. Training of volunteers. Cinema and bioethics.
  • Sustainability of health care, public health and organisational ethics.Ethics in the use of health resources. Sustainability. Equity, efficiency and health quality. Public health. Knowledge and attitudes of the population regarding HIV. Preventive actions in one's own health. Ethics of health organisations. Ethics of pharmaceutical laboratories.
  • Ethics at the beginning of life, ethics of genetics, neurosciences, nanotechnology, sport and human enhancement.Ethical problems at the beginning of life. Bioethics in the face of the new challenges of genetics, neurosciences and nanotechnology. Neuroethics, neuroeducation, neurotheology, neurolaw, neuropolitics. Nanoethics. Ethics of sport. Ethics of doping. Ethics of human enhancement.
  • Ecological, animal, food and chemical ethics.Philosophy and political ecology, responsibility for future generations, intergenerational justice. Precautionary principle. Ethics of animals. Ethics of food production, distribution and consumption. Promotion of healthy nutrition. Bioethical issues related to chemistry.
  • Ethics of humour.Humour as the basis of a new ethical theory applicable to professions, organisations and citizenship. The ethics of humour applied to the health field. Philosophy of humour. Good humour. Intercultural humour. Style of humour and autonomy in decision-making at the end of life.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
JUAN CARLOS SIURANA APARISIDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
MARIA AMPARO MUÑOZ FERRIOLMemberUniversitat de València
VICTOR JULIAN SUBERVIOLA COLLADOSCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
MARIA JESUS MEGIA SANZCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
JAVIER GRACIA CALANDINCollaboratorUniversitat de València
SAGRARIO MOLES NIETOCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
PEDRO JESUS PEREZ ZAFRILLACollaboratorUniversitat de València
ISABEL TAMARIT LOPEZCollaboratorUniversitat de València
JESUS ANTONIO FERNANDEZ ZAMORACollaboratorUniversitat de València
JOSE JAVIER GARCIA DELTELLCollaboratorAutònomolawyer
RAUL FRANCISCO SEBASTIAN SOLANESCollaboratorUniversità di Bolognaresearcher
VICENTA ALBORCH BATALLERCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
FERNANDO CALVO RIGUALCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
MARIA JOSE CODINA FELIPCollaboratorUniversitat de València
ALFONSO FABREGAT ROSASCollaboratorGeneralitat Valencianatemporary lecturer
MARIA DEL CARMEN GARCIA LOPEZCollaboratorColegio Asunción de nuestra señoratemporary lecturer
JOSE LUIS GARCIA MARTINEZCollaboratorUniversidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayoresearcher
J. ELENA HORTELANO MARTINEZCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
ROSA MARIA LOPEZ POSTEGUILLOCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicanurse
LUIS LLORENS BAÑONCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicanurse
YURENA MARIA MONTORO LOZANOCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
CRISTINA MARIA NEBOT MARZALCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
ELENA OLIETE RAMIREZCollaboratorFUNDACION INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGIAdoctor
REMEI RAGA MARICollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicadoctor
ESPERANZA SOLER MONTAGUDCollaboratorConselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Públicamidwife
BEATRIZ VALLES GONZALEZCollaboratorUniversidad Pedagógica Libertador (Venezuela)researcher
MARIA VAZQUEZ COSTACollaboratorAutònomoclinical psychologist
 
CNAE:
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Associated structure:
  • Philosophy
 
Keywords:
  • historia de la bioética;fundamentación de la bioética;teorías éticas;ética del discurso;principios de la bioética;valores;virtudes;emociones
  • Ética de la atención sanitaria;investigación clínica;toma de decisiones compartida;consentimiento informado;confidencialidad;calidad de vida;terapia
  • Dependencia;Bioética;Pediatría;ancianos;diversidad funcional;salud mental;sufrimiento;final de la vida;cuidados paliativos;voluntades anticipadas
  • Comité de Ética de la Investigación;metodología de análisis de casos;legislación sanitaria;bioética Reconocimiento recíproco;bioética
  • Reconocimiento recíproco;bioética intercultural;bioética global;sociología relacional;cosmopolitismo;política deliberativa;pacientes;familiares
  • Enfoque de las capacidades;bioética del desarrollo;educación;desarrollo moral;discapacidad;mente, cerebro y educación;emociones;cine;bioética
  • Sostenibilidad de la atención sanitaria;salud pública;ética de las organizaciones sanitarias;VIH;prevención;equidad;eficiencia;calidad;laboratorios
  • Inicio de la vida;ética de la genética;neuroética;neuroeducación;neuroteología;nanoética;ética del deporte;dopaje;mejoramiento humano
  • Ética ecológica;ética de los animales;ética de los alimentos;ética de la química;generaciones futuras;justicia intergeneracional;bioética
  • humor;ética del humor;humor ético;teoría ética;sanidad;buen humor;humor intercultural;estilos de humor;autonomía;final de la vida;bioética