Government Gazette (FEK) 768/6-3-2019, ISSUE B
2019: Establishment of a Laboratory titled “Laboratory of Bioethics” in the Department of Surgery of the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Democritus University of Thrace and approval of its internal operating regulations.
Laboratory / Clinic
Laboratory of “Bioethics”
Faculty Members
Alexandra K. Tsaroucha: Director, Professor of Experimental Surgery
Contact Information: +30 25510-30548 (ext. 77548)
Email: atsarouc@med.duth.gr
Professors Emeritus
Konstantinos Simopoulos, Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Teaching Staff
Alexandra K. Tsaroucha, Professor of Experimental Surgery
Aikaterini Kambouri, Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Panagoula Oikonomou, Assistant Professor of Experimental Surgery
Education
Elective Course: “Bioethics”
“Postgraduate Program (MSc) in Bioethics” (since 2016)
PhD Dissertations
Aigli Dafni. (2020). “Informed Consent – Legal and Medical Perspective: The Greek Paradigm”, PhD Dissertation, Supervisor: A.K. Tsaroucha.
Paraskevi Fytrou. (2021). “Civil Liability in the Field of Human Reproduction”, PhD Dissertation, Supervisor: L. Kitsaras.
Maria Nikoloudi. (2022). “Assessment of Hope in Oncology Patients and their Subjective Expectations of Palliative Care: A Mixed Methods Study”, Member of the Three-Member Advisory Committee, Supervisor: K. Psarros.
Selected Master’s Theses
- “Euthanasia and Bioethics”, 2015-16.
- “Transplantations and Presumed Consent”, 2015-16.
- “Consent in Biomedical Research: Autonomy and Paternalism”, 2015-16.
- “Donor Consent in Transplantation Issues”, 2015-16.
- “The Legal Framework for Establishing Medical Civil Liability – Case Studies”, 2016-17.
- “Organ Donation – Institutional Framework – Ethical Concerns”, 2016-17.
- “Issues of Patient Consent. Institutional Framework of Refusal – Bioethical Concerns”, 2016-17.
- “Consent in the Context of Medical Law: Legal Nature, Form, Content, and Legal Consequences of the Declaration of Intent”, 2016-17.
- “Principles of Bioethics and Euthanasia in Companion Animals”, 2016-17.
- “The Significance of Patient Consent in Medical Practice. The Role of Consent after the Implementation of Regulation 679/2016 (GDPR)”, 2016-17.
- “Artificial Intelligence in Surgery. Industrial Policy or Medical Achievement?”, 2017-18.
- “Legal and Ethical Management of Medical Errors”, 2017-18.