Committee Members
Chairperson
Prof. Pierre Mallia
Members
Dr. Tania Borg Cardona
Ms. Maria Camilleri
Ms. Oriana Farrugia
Dr. Charles Cassar
Dr. Alberto Vella
Ms. Nikita Zammit Alamango
Opinions
2012
Ethical issues on vaccines or medicines obtained from aborted foetuses or embryonic cells
Medically Assisted Procreation – The Contribution of the Bioethics Consultative Committee
Deep Brain Stimulation and Ethical Issues
Deep Brain Stimulation – Ethical Considerations
2011
Ethical Considerations on Biobanking of Human Tissues
Stem Cell Biobanking
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (Update on Stem Cell Document)
2010
Organ donation
Advance Directives and Organ Donation
Ordinary and Extraordinary Treatment – Hydration and Nutrition
Brain death and care of organ donors
Death
Patients’ right to self determination and Advance Directives [Presentation]
Living Wills and Maltese Law
2009
Report on Organ Donation from Anencephalic Infants
2004
Conferences
2011 – Conference on Embryo Freezing and Oocyte Vitrification
Dr Porcu, “Advantages and Practical Applications of Human Oocytes Crypopreservation“.
Dr Helen Watt, “Frozen Products? Embryo Freezing, IVF and Harm Reduction“.
2010 – “Human Rights and Biomedicine: The Oviedo Convention Ten Years Later”
Invitation
Dr Lawrence Lwoff, “The Oviedo Convention: A Fundamental Reference for the Protection of Human Rights in the Field of Biomedicine“.
2003
Ethical Issues in Practice for Nurses, Midwives and Family Medicine
2002
Bioethical Issues at the Beginning and End of Human Life
2001
Inter-Professional Ethics in Health Care
2000
Terms of Reference
“To consider the ethical aspects and implications of all matters related to the practice of the medical and allied professions, and of bio-technological procedures that may be applied to human life in all its phases.”
The full text of the Committee’s Terms of reference may be found over here.
Current Work
The Committee is at currently debating issues related to advance directives or living wills, including patient’s rights to self determination, artificial hydration and nutrition, definition of death and organ donation.
