About
Chris Gastmans is Full Professor of Medical Ethics and Director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium. He is the coordinator of various empirical and philosophical research projects regarding ethical issues in care for older adults and end-of-life care. He is the (co-)author of more than 200 articles published in peer-reviewed international journals. He co-edited the book ‘Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Lessons from Belgium’ (Cambridge University Press).
He teaches medical ethics at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Theology. He also teaches ethics in end-of-life care in the KU Leuven Master of Bioethics programme. He co-ordinates the annual Summer Course on Ethics in Dementia Care and the annual Intensive Course in Nursing Ethics (www.cbmer.be).
He is member of the ethics committee of the University Hospitals of Leuven, the National Bioethics Committee of Belgium, and the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City.