**About the Editors**

#### **Beatrice Gabriela Ioan**

Beatrice Gabriela Ioan is a Professor of Legal Medicine and Bioethics at "Grigore T. Popa"University of Medicine and Pharmacy and a physician at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Ias, i, Romania. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1993 and received her PhD in 2003. She also graduated from the Faculty of Psychology in 2002 and from the Law Faculty in 2012. In 2004, she completed the Master of Art Program in Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, USA, and in 2013 the Master du Droit et Gestion de la Sante at Institut Catholique de Rennes, France. She is ´ member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the Fields of Biomedicine and Health of the Council of Europe and its former Chair. Since 2016 she has been a member of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO. She is also the Chair of the Bioethics Commission and member of the Superior Discipline Commission of the Romanian College of Physicians. She has authored many scientific articles, books and book chapters on Bioethics and Legal Medicine. Her main areas of interest are: bioethics, medical communication and medical liability.

#### **Magdalena Iorga**

Magdalena IORGA is a PhD Associate Professor at "Grigore T. Popa"Faculty of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Ias, i, Romania. She also works as a PhD supervisor in the field of Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences at "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"University of Ias, i. In 2001, she completed the Master in Intercultural Education. She has published five books and more than 100 scientific research articles in ISI databases, including more than 80 articles in BDI journals. She has coordinated research grants and national and international projects in the field of medical psychology and behavioral sciences. Her main areas of interests are applied psychology in the medical field, ethics, higher education and child psychology.
