Marek Orko Vácha Discussion with Marek Orko Vácha - Ethics in Healthcare
Roman Catholic priest, natural scientist, teacher, writer, scout, parish priest in the parish of Lechovice near Znojmo and also chaplain of the academic parish at the Church of the Holy Saviour in Prague. He is the head of the Institute of Ethics at the Third Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague. He graduated in molecular biology and genetics at the Faculty of Science of the Masaryk University in Brno and in theology in Olomouc and Brussels. He participated in two expeditions to Antarctica (1997 and 2000). He lived for six months in a Trappist monastery in France (2002). He is the author of more than twenty books, including Unsolicited Advice to Youth (2017), which has been widely acclaimed. In November 2018, he published another title, The Joy of God, and in 2019 a book interview, Driving in the Left Lane.