Humanities and Medical Ethics Unit

The Humanities and Medical Ethics Unit is an interdisciplinary unit of the School of Medicine. The Unit focuses on research, internship teaching and professional activities related to Biomedical Ethics, Bioethics and Deontology of the health professions; also with the History of Medicine and Science and the Anthropology and Sociology of Health.

The History of Medicine section was created by Professor Juan Antonio Paniagua Arellano and the Bioethics department by Professor Gonzalo Herranz Rodríguez. Both continue to be leaders in their respective areas of knowledge.