Maria do Céu Patrão Neves is Professor of Ethics, President of the National Ethics Council for Life Sciences, Vice-President of the European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies, Member of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), of UNESCO, of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), of the Council of Europe, and of the Academy of Sciences. She is also an Ethics Expert and Project Evaluator for the European Commission, and has published 38 books (authored and edited), authored more than two hundred articles in national and foreign journals and in collective works. She was an advisor to the President of the Republic and a Member of the European Parliament.
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(2018) Não se desiste da vida, cuida-se da pessoa
Periódicos Açoreanos, 1ª quinzena de Maio, 2018
(2017) Strike against the Saturdays ?! Really?
Periódicos Açoreanos, 1ª quinzena de Setembro, 2017
(2017) Nothing new
Periódicos Açoreanos, 1ª quinzena de Agosto, 2017
(2017) Pessoas: entre as não-humanas e as electrónicas
Periódicos Açoreanos, 1ª quinzena de Março, 2017
(2015) O Natal não é “todos os dias” nem “quando o homem quiser”
Periódicos Açoreanos, 2ª quinzena de Dezembro 2015
(2015) De tempos a tempos...
Periódicos Açorianos, 2ª quinzena de Abril 2015
(2015) O espaço público europeu
Periódicos Açoreanos, 1ª quinzena de Março 2015
(2015) We and Greece
Periódicos Açoreanos, 2ª quinzena de Fevereiro 2015
(2015) Yes, but...no
Periódicos Açoreanos, 2ª quinzena de Janeiro 2015
(2026) Rádio Renascença: Declarações sobre transmissão em direto execução do autor do massacre de Fort Hood
With Olímpia Mairos, Ana Catarina André with Reuters, octobre 2026
(2026) Açoriano Oriental: “Hospitals have many beds occupied by people who do not need them.”
With Paula Gouveia, August 2026
(2026) Rádio Renascença: Statements on the case of a child under the age of 12 who was euthanised in the Netherlands
With Ana Catarina André, June 2026
(2026) Açoriano Oriental: “Applying AI to water management brings very significant benefits”
With Paula Gouveia, maio 2026
(2026) Público: “Is banning social media enough? It’s like ‘treating a haemorrhage with a sticking plaster’”
With Daniela Carmo, February 2026
(2025) CNN: How to make an advance directive, where to submit it, and why it should be reviewed every five years.
(2025) Público: Advance directives increased by 8.9% in one year to 44,817. It is almost “no growth at all.
With Natália Faria, novembre 2025
(2024) Jornal de Notícias: “Advance directives were an important step, but uptake remains low.”
With Inês Malhado, 1 de July de 2024
(2024) Jornal de Notícias: “Portuguese people are once again making fewer advance directives.”
With Inês Machado, 23 de February 2024
(2024) Especial “Inteligência Artificial”
Diurna Edition, February, 2024, Ano 4, n.º 14: 116-123
(2022) Programa Televisivo “Diálogo à tarde”
With Maximino Carlos, TVS, de S. Tomé e Príncipe, 2022
(2021) Rádio Renascença
With Eunice Lourenço, 4 November 2021
Maria do Céu Patrão Neves is Professor of Ethics, President of the National Ethics Council for Life Sciences, Vice-President of the European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies, Member of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), of UNESCO, of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), of the Council of Europe, and of the Academy of Sciences. She is also an Ethics Expert and Project Evaluator for the European Commission, and has published 38 books (authored and edited), authored more than two hundred articles in national and foreign journals and in collective works. She was an advisor to the President of the Republic and a Member of the European Parliament.
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