Publications

Some of the publications are available as pdf-files. Most of them can be ordered from the Nordic Council of Ministers: ncbio@norden.org  and cost from 140 DKK.

Public Health - ethical issues, 2011

Consumer Medicine, 2010   

Bioethics, Politics and Business, 2008 

Stem Cell Research in the Nordic Countries, 2007

Assisted Reproduction in the Nordic Countries. A comparative study of policies and regulation, 2006

Legislation on Biotechnology in the Nordic Countries - An overview, 2006

PGD and Embryo Selection, Report from an Iinternational Conference on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Embryo Selection, 2006

Mot en nordisk biopolitikk? Rapport fra seminar om bioteknologi og bioetikk, 2005 (in Norwegian)

How to best teach bioethics, 2004

Lagstiftning om bioteknologi i Norden - en översikt

Teaching Bioethics, 2002

The Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research, 2000

Who owns our genes? 1999

Nordiske komiteer innen Bioetikk, 1999

Transgenic Animals – Why? 1998

Human Biobanks, 1997

Genterapi på människa, 1996 (in Swedish)

Bioetisk debatt i Norden, 1994 (in Swedish)

Etik & Gentester, 1994 (in Swedish)

Patent på liv? 1993 (in Swedish)

Gentekniskt modifierade organismer - etiska och juridiska debatter i Norden, 1993 (in Swedish)

Risk, bioteknologi och etik, 1992 (in Swedish)

Bioteknologiska uppfinningar och immaterialrätten i Norden - del II 1992 (in Swedish)

Biotekniken - den nya miljöfrågan, 1991 (in Swedish)

Bioteknologiska uppfinningar och immaterialrätten i Norden, 1988 (in Swedish)

News

  • Hunting and Protecting Marine Mammals - a Clash of Cultures?

    A conference at Faroe Islands June 4-5. More information will be available here shortly.

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    The Nordic Committee on Bioethics

    Text by Sirpa Soini, University of Helsinki, published in Nordic Health Law in a European Context  (eds: Elisabeth Rynning and Mette Hartlev, Liber 2011)

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    Mental Health Ethics

    Conference at The House of Science and Letters in Helsinki Oct 31 - Nov 1:
    ETHICAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH

    Programme 

    The focus of this conference is on ethical questions regarding mental health seen from different perspectives. Many different factors may affect the mental health of an individual. Psychological and social circumstances for a person are of great importance, but the extent of this influence on the mental health varies according to the genetic composition of the person.  Different kind of stress induction can cause a mental health disorder for a person. These disorders appear in all age groups and affect families, close relatives and working places. The diseases themselves cause individual suffering, and in addition, mental health problems still carry a certain stigma.

    Target audience: Government officials, doctors, health care workers, patient groups, researchers, pharmaceutical companies, social workers, media, students

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