Publications of the Bioethics Commission

Recommendations and opinions

The Climate Crisis as an Ethical Challenge (PDF, 345 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 23 May 2022

20th Anniversary of the Austrian Bioethics Commission (PDF, 172 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 21 June 2021

A pandemic is not a private matter (PDF, 65 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 27 October 2021

Vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for practicing a medical or healthcare profession (PDF, 55 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 4 May 2021

Legal and ethical issues in connection with people who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from infection during the COVID-19 pandemic  (PDF, 190 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 19 April 2021

Ethical questions about vaccination against COVID-19 (PDF, 302 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 25 November 2020

Influenza vaccine supply for the Austrian population in the 2020/21 season (PDF, 63 KB)
Recommendation of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 19 October 2021

Contact tracing in the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 189 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 8 June 2020

Vaccination against diseases for which there are approved vaccines in times of the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 57 KB)
Recommendation of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 8 June 2020

The work of physicians at the interface of big data, artificial intelligence and human experience (PDF, 505 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 18 May 2020

Management of scarce resources in healthcare in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 113 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 31 March 2020

Medicine and Economics (PDF, 389 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 14 February 2018

Robots in the Care of Older People (PDF, 210 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 14 February 2018

Intersexuality and Transidentity (PDF, 425 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 20 November 2017

Participatory Medicine and the Internet (PDF, 549 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 6 July 2015

Vaccination – Ethical Aspects (PDF, 454 KB)
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 1 June 2015

Dying with dignity (PDF, 472 KB)
Recommendations on assistance and care for persons in end-of-life situations and related issues
Opinion of the Austrian Bioethics Commission, 9 February 2015