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Books & papers

1)         Grancea O. (1999) Ce este clonarea? (What is cloning ?), Ed. Teora, Bucharest, Romania

2)         Iftime O. (2002) Clonarea omului- tentaţie inedită (Human cloning- a novel temptation), in Constantinescu, R., Călina G. (eds.) Teologie şi ştiinţe ale naturii. În continuarea dialogului (in Theology & Natural Sciences. An ongoing dialogue), Editura Mitropoliei Olteniei, pp. 162- 195;

3)         Iftime O. (2003) A few considerations on ancient and modern eugenics, Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 13 (6), p. 221- 223, also available at: http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/shs/EJAIB/EJAIB112003.pdf

4)         Iftime O. (2004) Gene therapy- a scientific and bioethical challenge, in Macer D.R.J. (ed.) Challenges for Bioethics from Asia, Eubios Ethics Institute, New Zealand/Tsukuba, pp. 410- 424, also available at: http://www.eubios.info/abc5bk.htm

5)         Iftime O. (2005) Bioetica- in cautarea standardului unic (Bioethics in the pursuit of an uynifing standard), Noua reprezentare a lumii- studii interdisciplinare (approx. “A new perspective upon the world- interdisciplinary studies”, a Science & Theology journal published with the support of the Templeton Foundation), 3, p. 131- 147;

6)         Iftime O. (2005) Do we need a thanatoethics?, Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics, 15, 1, pp. 22- 25, also available at: http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/shs/EJAIB/EJAIB12005.pdf

7)         Iftime O. (2005) Never ending story- stem cells, science and Bioethics, European Journal of Science and Theology , 1, 1, pp. 39- 49, also available at: http://www.ejst.tuiasi.ro/Files/01/39-49Iftime.pdf

8)         Iftime O, (2005), The Human Person Concept and Modern Gene Technology, Proceedings of the International Congress of Bioethics 2005, edited by Dr. Mohammad H. Sanati, Tehran 2005, pp. 169-185, ISBN 964-96124-0-8

9)         Iftime O. (2005) Fertilizarea in vitro, o privire dincolo de disputele curente (IVF- an overview ignoring current disputes), Renaşterea, XVI, 183, p. 5

10)     Iftime O. (2005) Bioetica- doar o altă piesă din marele mozaic al iluziei? Postmodernism şi moralitate în ştiinţele biomedicale (Bioethics- just another piece in the big mosaic of illusion? Postmodernism and morality in biomedical sciences), in the volume of the symposium “Modernism, Postmodernism and Religion”, Constanţa, Romania, 10-11 mai 2005, pp. 367- 377

11)     Iftime O. (2005) Bioetica şi argumentele ei în favoarea dialogului ştiinţă- religie (Bioethics and its arguments in favor of the dialogue between science an religion), in the volume of the symposium “Science and religion- conflict or convergence”, Constanţa, Romania, 1-3 noiembrie 2005, pp. 152- 169

12)     Iftime O. (2006) Eutanasia sau sentimentul golului (Euthanasia or the touch of loss), in “Perspective româneşti asupra ştiinţei şi teologiei” („Romanian perspectives upon science and theology”), Magda Stavinschi (ed.), Curtea Veche Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania, p. 53-85.

13)     Iftime O. (2006) Life Sciences, Apophatism and Bioethics, European Journal of Science and Theology, 2, 1, p. 21- 46

14)     Iftime O. (2006) The interdisciplinary journey of an ethical issue- homosexuality, Revista Română de Bioetică, vol. 4, nr. 1, p. 43- 56, also available at http://eng.bioetica.ro/bioeng/ie2/info.jsp?item=9987&node=1516

15)     Gavrila L., Iftime O. (2006) Clonarea umană şi celulele stem- provocări ştiinţifice şi bioetice (Human cloning and stem cells- scientific and bioethical challenges), in the volume of the UNESCO symposium Bioetica în educaţie şi drepturile omului (Bioethics and human rights), Cheia, Romania, November 2005

16)     Iftime O. (2006) Frankenstein vs. Big brother- does the issue of genetically modified organisms concern bioethics or (rather) economy ethics?, Revista Română de Bioetică, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 62- 74, also available at : http://eng.bioetica.ro/bioeng/ie2/info.jsp?item=10152&node=1316

17)     Iftime O., Teaching Ethics to future specialists in Biotechnology- seeking for solutions to the difficulties encountered, in the volume of the symposium “European perspectives in research in biotechnology, health and environment- ethical principles in science and technnology”, Constanta, Romania, December 13th, 2006 (held within the frame of the FP6 project PL 016621-TWR, “Comparing emerging ethical issues and legal differences impacting on European clinical trials including a training workshop for researchers in the New Member States”), BREN publishing house, Bucharest, p. 28- 35.

Abstracts

1)           Iftime O (2005) A European analysis of moral limitations in biomedical sciences, ESF Conference “Biomedicine within the limits of human existence”, Doorn, the Netherlands, April 8-13, Book of abstracts, p. 41;

2)           Iftime O. (2005) Does euthanasia deserve its name? A multicultural analysis of the ‘good death’ phenomenon, IFSSH (International Forum for Social Sciences and Health) World Congress “Health Challenges of the Third Millennium”, 21-26 August 2005, Istanbul, Turkey, Abstract Book, p. 328

3)           Iftime O. (2005) Apophatism in biological sciences and its implications for Bioethics, “Orthodoxy and Science- a necessary dialogue” International Symposium, 22- 26 October, Bucharest- Constantza, Romania. Abstract Book, p. (also published in extenso, see above)

4)           Iftime O. (2005) Bioethics in Nevernever land- multiculturalism and the betrayal of individual cultures, "Inter-cultural bioethics: Asia and the West" International Joint Bioethics Congress, 14- 18 November 2005, Sanliurfa, Turkey, Abstract Book, p. 131- 132

5)          Iftime O. (2007) Bioethics as reflected in the Romanian mass media in the last few years, European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME) 21^stAnnual Conference: “Bioethics in the Real World” 13-15 September 2007, Book of Abstracts, p. 45.



Oral presentations

1)          Iftime O. (2001) Ethical and theological perspectives on human cloning, The International Symposium “Science and Religion. Antagonism or Complementarity”, Bucharest, Romania, November 7- 10, 2001;

2)       Iftime O. (2004) Orthodox Christianity and Biomedical Sciences, presentation held at the Tenth Congress of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, ESSSAT X, Barcelona, Spain, April 1-6, 2004;

Invited lectures

Recent developments in gene therapy, held at the workshop on ethical problems in international research cooperation Focus Biotechnology and Eastern Europe, 5.5. 2007, Tübingen, Germany

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