I am pleased to share that I will be presenting at the 17th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law, to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in November 2025.
My presentation, titled “Liberal Health Professions in the European Union: Ethics, Concepts, and the Call for Harmonization”, will explore the defining characteristics of liberal health professions (LHP) in the EU, focusing on their ethical foundations, the role of self-regulation, challenges arising from fragmented definitions and regulatory frameworks.
It highlights how such fragmentation affects professional identity, public trust, and socio-economic competitiveness.
Orlando Monteiro da Silva 