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PhD candidate Ning Wang is awarded the 2020 Mobility Grant by the Leading House for the Latin Region.
The challenge area health of the Digital Society Initiative organizes a lecture series on digital health targeting the end-users, this Autumn.
Roberto Andorno has authored a chapter on "Dignity in Psychotherapy" for the Oxford Handbook of Psychotherapy Ethics (eds. Manuel Trachsel, Jens Gaab, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Serife Tekin and John Z. Sadler).
Alexander Vereshchagin, Editor-in-Chief of “Zakon”, a prominent legal journal in Russia, recently interviewed Roberto Andorno, discussing about surrogate motherhood and about current issues in bioethics.
Giovanni Spitale published a new paper in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy on the ethical aspects of quarantine ethics.
Two seed grants of the Participatory Science Academy (UZH/ETH) awarded to IBME teams.
The funding will allow to pursue the following citizen science projects:
"Mit uns über uns. Patientennarrative als Co-Produktion – ein Beitrag zur Forschung über Partizipation" (Nikola Biller-Andorno, Karin Seiler, Andrea Glässel, Bettina Schwind)
"Digitale Gesundheit aus der Sicht junger Menschen – Partizipativer Action Research zu Chancen, Risiken und neue Umgangsformen" (Jürg Streuli)
Ana Rosca, Tanja Krones and Nikola Biller-Andorno published in Swiss Medical Weekly a viewpoint on shared decision making.
Giovanni Spitale published a new paper on the (over)proliferation of academic publications and the impossibility of keeping the pace with new literature. The article discusses the issue and presents a set of easily usable methodological strategies to cope with the flood.
In 2019 artist Johannes Willi spent six months researching and developing an artistic project on the topic of chronic pain in exchange with scientists, caregivers and patients. His residency was curated and organised by the artists-in-labs program and conducted in collaboration with the Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine and the Centre for Pain Medicine Nottwil (Swiss Paraplegic Centre).
dipex.ch, a project by IBME UZH and ZHAW, has become part of the German DNGK network, improving further its contribution to the development of quality standards for patient stories.
Supriya Subramani, Postdoctoral Fellow (ESKAS Scholar) at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, is writing a monograph on the culture of disrespect in law and medicine for Routledge.
Julia Stoll, John Z. Sadler and Manuel Trachsel published a new article on telepsychiatry ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the spring term the Institute’s book club read Oliver Bennett’s Cultures of Optimism. The Institutional promotion of hope. (London: Palgrave Macmillan
2015). We invite you to meet the author and discuss his book.
Manuel Trachsel is the recipient of the 2020 Mark S. Ehrenreich Global Prize in Healthcare Ethics Research presented by the Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics, University of Southern California, at the 15th World Congress of Bioethics, June 2020. Prof. Ralf J. Jox (University of Lausanne) has contributed to the selected paper as a second author. Congratulations!
In this talk, hosted by the Institute of Medical Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine (EGTM Kolloquium), University of Munster, Supriya Subramani will describe the moral significance of micro-inequities in the context of bioethics debates.
Anna Elsner and Vanessa Rampton have published an opinion piece in Undark Magazine, published through the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the role of humanities research in shaping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: https://undark.org/2020/06/04/covid-19-humanities/
Hrsg.: Eugen Pfister, Tobias Eichinger, Arno Goergen
Wofür? Sammelband zur Topografie des popkulturellen Wissens um Pandemien und deren Verknüpfungen mit der Covid-19-Pandemie
Was? Beiträge aus dem Bereich der Kultur- und Geschichtswissenschaften, der Kunst-, Film- und Medienwissenschaften, der Medical Humanities, der Medizingeschichte, der Politik- und Gesellschaftswissenschaften, der Public Health und der Medien- und Medizinphilosophie, die sich dem Thema auf theoretischer, historischer wie auch phänomenologischer Ebene nähern.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the DSI, the Collegium Helveticum, the IBME, and the SwissTPH has come together to develop an experimental, interactive online platform that helps tackle the “infodemic” manifested in the COVID-19 context, with a focus on a nuanced and in-depth understanding of public perception.
Anna Elsner has been elected as a member of the Swiss Young Academy.
The Swiss Young Academy gives young researchers the opportunity to carry out inter- and transdisciplinary projects. With their dedication and contributions, members pursue the early identification of challenges facing society, provide solutions for these challenges, and foster a dialogue between science and society.
Matthias Eggel published a new paper on authorization of animal research projects in "Vetline.de".
Susanne Joebges and Nikola Biller-Andorno published in "Critical Care" a paper reviewing international guidelines on the triage of COVID-19 patients.
There are about 8000 so-called "rare diseases". About seven percent of the population is affected. The problem is that often there are no drugs, or that the "orphan drugs" are very expensive. This development raises ethical questions for society: Who decides who gets such costly treatments? And who pays?
Nikola Biller Androrno discussed this issue on NZZ Format.
PhD candidate Ning Wang is awarded the Graduate Campus (GRC) Travel Grants by the University of Zurich. The GRC Travel Grants support short research stays of UZH junior researchers at other research institutes, or fieldwork carried out for their research.
Roberto Andorno coauthored with Andrés Constantin a chapter on "Human Subjects in Globalized Health Research" for the book Foundations of Global Health & Human Rights
Supriya Subramani, postdoctoral fellow at the IBME, recently published an article on the blog of HEaL Institute & IJME discussing public communication strategies, transparency and inclusivity during the Covid-19 epidemic.
How does everyday medical life influence literary creation? And how do the works of authors affect our perception of medicine? Using French literature as an example, literary scholar Anna Elsner is investigating these phenomena, which are of particular interest in times of corona.
Die Ausbreitung des Coronavirus könnte dazu führen, dass die Betten auf den Intensivstationen und die Beatmungsgeräte knapp werden. In diesem Fall müssten die Behandlungsteams eine Triage durchführen und entscheiden, welche Patienten die Intensivtherapie erhalten.
Das Sterben wird längst nicht mehr verdrängt und verschwiegen, es gehört vielmehr zu den ausgiebig erörterten Themen unserer Zeit. Viele Debatten ranken sich um Sterbehilfe und um die Frage, was einen guten Tod ausmacht.
This article illustrates the less-acknowledged social construction of the concept of ‘incompetency’ and draws attention to the moral concerns it raises in health care encounters in the south Indian city of Chennai. Based on data drawn from qualitative research, this study suggests that surgeons subjectively construct the idea of incompetency through their understanding of the perceived circumstantial characteristics of the patients and family members they serve.
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Intersex: New Interdisciplinary Approaches (INIA) Training Network
Role, dissemination and impact of clinical ethics in multidisciplinary teams on intersex in Europe
Patient narratives seem to be a promising means to support users in improving their understanding of certain health conditions and possibly to provide emotional support and have an impact on behavioral changes.
Due to the actual situation with the Covid19 epidemic, the deadline for submission for Premio Pusterla 2020 has been postponed to April the 15th.
A new paper by Lars Garten, Marcel Globisch, Kerstin von der Hude, Karin Jäkel, Kathrin Knochel, Tanja Krones, Tatjana Nicin, Franziska Offermann, Monika Schindler, Uwe Schneider, Beatrix Schubert, Thomas Strahleck and the PaluTiN Group has recently been published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, section Neonatology.
Origin, age or cognitive impairment should not be an obstacle to quality hospital treatment. However, the reality is often different. Due to special needs, some groups of patients may be particularly vulnerable in acute hospitals.
What does equal health opportunity mean for these patients? And how can professionals identify and address the needs of vulnerable people?
On Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at 6 pm, the Data Protection Commissioner will show the thriller "Life Guidance" exclusively in Switzerland at the Kosmos cinema. Afterward, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Professor of Biomedical Ethics, and the director Ruth Mader will discuss under the direction of Simon Jacoby, publisher and journalist of tsri.ch: The optimization of the human being through the use of apps, wearables, and other tools is progressing. Why shouldn't it? What is so problematic about striving for the ideal human being?
Roberto Andorno contributed with a chapter on "The relevance of human rights for dealing with the challenges posed by genetics" to the book The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Rights. Recognition, Novelty, Rhetoric (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Between 29 and 30 January 2020, Roberto Andorno and Johannes Katsarov attended the annual meeting of the EU INTEGRITY Project in Vilnius, Lithuania. They presented the results of the survey conducted with teachers of research integrity in 21 European countries, and the ongoing literature review on the methods and tools used for the teaching of research integrity.
The Statement, published in Trends in Biotechnology on January 31, 2020, originated at a Workshop at the Brocher Foundation co-organized by Roberto Andorno and Marcy Darnovsky (Center for Genetics and Society, Berkeley, Cal.) in January 2019.
Medical guidelines should ensure that patients are treated correctly and equally. But "pulse" research shows Conflicts of interest often arise during the development and adaptation process. Nikola Biller Andorno contributes her viewpoint on the topic.
The purpose of this commentary is to critique the first condition of morally responsible animal research proposed by David DeGrazia and Jeff Sebo in their recent paper: the assertion (or expectation) of sufficient net benefit (ASNB). Although in theory the production of benefits is a necessary condition of morally responsible animal research, the authors point out problems with how ASNB could be—and often is—operationalized in the prospective assessment of animal research studies.
Increasingly, humanitarian organizations across the globe have been implementing innovative technologies in their practice as they respond to the needs of communities affected by conflicts, disasters, and public health emergencies. However, technological innovation may intersect with moral values, norms, and commitments, and may challenge humanitarian imperatives.
A research team at the University of Zurich is developing video games to help people identify moral problems. The SRF recently interviewed Markus Christen and Johannes Katsarov on the meaning, scenarios and possible applications of their "Serious Moral Games".
Gramm J., Trachsel M. and Berthold D. published a new paper in Verhaltenstherapie on the possible psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions in palliative care.
Manuel Trachsel and Martin Grosse Holtforth published a new paper in Frontiers in Psychology on informed consent in psychotherapy as a means to foster the patient’s meaning response.
Yahel E. Appenzeller, Paul S. Appelbaum and Manuel Trachsel published a new paper in Psychiatric Services, reviewing the ethical and practical issues in video surveillance of psychiatric units.
New tools, allowing scientists to make precise changes to mammal genomes, have made possible future increased use of larger mammals in biomedical research, such as primates, pigs, and dogs. This paper addresses ethical issues that are raised by using larger mammals instead of smaller ones in this research.
Anna Magdalena Elsner published a new paper in Literature and Medicine investigating the doctor-patient relationship in Simone de Beauvoir’s A Very Easy Death.
Supriya Subramani, Postdoctoral Fellow (ESKAS Scholar) at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, just published a new paper in Asian Bioethics Review on the rhetoric of the "passive patient" in Indian medical negligence cases. This paper was also awarded ABR Young Scholar Award.
PhD candidate Ning Wang presented a paper at the 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), on 15-16 November 2019, in Boston, USA. The presentation was the outcome of a three-week field study in rural Nepal, where local population’s livelihood was affected by the 2015 earthquake, and where drones were used in assisting disaster relief work.
Valerie Luyckx and Nikola Biller-Andorno contributed to "Ethical considerations for health policy and systems research", a publication from the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (WHO) with the Global Health Ethics Unit (WHO).
The Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Zurich hosted a course on Humanitarian Health Ethics and an Expert Group Discussion last November 25-26, 2019. The course was organized by alumnus Dr. Caroline Clarinval (World Health Organization (WHO), Health Emergencies Program) and conducted by herself and Dr. Ali Okhowat (WHO/Humanitarian Innovation Fund). PhD students, humanitarian health practitioners from the WHO, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and external participants with an interest in the topic attended the course.
DIPEx International Meeting 2019 in Eynsham Hall, Oxford from 19-22 November 2019.
The Swiss DIPEx team took part in the DIPEx international meeting. This year's meeting focused on the exchange, updates, collaborations and new visions for the further development of the largest narrative platform on health and disease experiences of 14 partners and two candidate countries.
The Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Zurich is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Stehr-Boldt Fellowship Award in Biomedical Ethics.
The call is open to young and established researchers from any country and discipline who are engaged in research on biomedical ethics, in particular on issues relating to health policy and public health.
A new paper by Nikola Biller-Andorno and Armin Biller on the use of algorithms to predict patient preferences has recently been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Nikola Biller-Andorno elected as member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
IBME affiliate Dr. Susanne Brauer takes up the position of curator of the «Old Anatomy – Forum for Medicine & Society» (Kuratorin der «Alten Anatomie – Forum für Medizin & Gesellschaft»)
Global experts met in the Kameha Grand Hotel to discuss the need of global guidance for the provision, storage, use and distribution of human milk.
Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno wrote a guestcomment on the collection of healthdata, published in NZZ, 5.9.2019
This half-day workshop on 24 October 2019 (9.15-12.45) is part of the conference „Die Macht des Patienten“ (The Power of the Patient), which will take place in Berne in the afternoon of the same day (13.30-17.30). Venue: University of Bern, University Main Building (Hochschulstrasse 4), room 028.
New paper in "Animals" by Matthias Eggel and Katrien Devolder on animal ethics research and genetic disenhancement.
Matthias Eggel co-edited a special issue of the journal "Food Ethics" dedicated to the role of professionals in food chains.
New paper in "North Carolina Law Review" by Matthias Eggel and Rebecca L. Walker on animal research ethics.
A new paper by Manuel Trachsel and Martin grosse Holtforth about informed consent in psychotherapy has recently been published in Frontiers in Psychology.
Emerging virtual reality systems offer intriguing therapeutic possibilities, but their development and use should be guided by ethical priorities that account for the specific vulnerabilities of patients.
Professor Nikola Biller-Andorno recently gave an interview about nursing robots on NZZ. Nursing robots are no substitute for social contacts; however, technological solutions can support older people, as she says in the interview.
PhD candidate Ning Wang was invited to be a visiting scholar at the distinguished Yale-Hastings Joint Program in Ethics and Health Policy in the USA, in fall 2019. During her research visit at the Hastings and Yale, Ning Wang plans to focus on the development of upcoming publications, benefiting from the rich research resources at both institutions.
We are pleased to invite you to a 2-day UZH Digital Society Initiative (DSI) Workshop on “Text Analytics for Health: Applications and Implications”. The DSI aims to bring together researchers from multiple scientific fields to reflect on as well as shape the digitalization of our society.
Krebsforschung Schweiz is supporting with a generous grant the research work of Giovanni Spitale on the experiences of adolescents and young adults with a hemato-oncological disease.
Today, TDR and WHO launched a new training course on ethics in implementation research to ensure appropriate engagement with research subjects and relevant communities and to safeguard against any potential harm.
A framework created by former PhD student Caroline Clarinval (WHO office, Kiev, Ukraine) has unfolded considerable impact: it has recently been used for the Handbook for Ethical Decision-making in Humanitarian Health in Situations of Extreme Violence, and in several reports.
PhD candidate Ning Wang was invited to hold a seminar at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Law (CBEL), in the University of Tokyo, Japan. During the seminar, Ning and researches at UT-CBEL had a fruitful scholarly discussion on the notion "Value Sensitive Humanitarian Innovation”, with a focus on a recent field study in rural Nepal on using drones as a mapping tool for post-disaster reconstruction purposes after the 2015 earthquake.
New paper on Palliative & Supportive Care by Martina A. Hodel, Paul Hoff, Scott A. Irwin, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Florian Riese and Manuel Trachsel.
DIPEx.ch, the official website of the DIPEx Switzerland research group, is now online and publicly accesible. On DIPEx.ch you will find patients’ stories illustrated by video and audio extracts from interviews with patients alongside commentary and contextual information on the health issue.
A new paper by Tobias Zürcher, Bernice Elger and Manuel Trachsel has just been published on BMC Medical Ethics.
A new paper by Manuel Trachsel, Martina A. Hodel, Scott A. Irwin, Paul Hoff, Nikola Biller-Andorno and Florian Riese has just been published on BMC Psychiatry.
PhD candidate Ning Wang was invited to give a talk at Medair headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on "Value Sensitive Humanitarian Innovation".
Public finale and awarding of the second essay competition for medical students of the University of Zurich in the 1st academic year and physicians working in Switzerland.
IBME, in cooperation with ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts) and IRME (Institute for Regenerative Medicine, UZH), has been awarded a generous grant from the Velux Stiftung, in order to support two artistic residencies of six months. The artists will join efforts with researchers and come up with fresh perspectives on the topics of memory, dementia, and digital aid tools to support decision making.
Roberto Andorno attended on 13 and 14 February 2019 in Utrecht the Kick-Off Meeting of the INTEGRITY Project, which is funded by the EU Commission within the Horizon 2020 Programme.
New publication by IBME's affiliate Johann Roduit
PD Dr. med. Dr. phil. Manuel Trachsel has obtained a grant by the Käthe-Zingg-Schwichtenberg foundation of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS)
Between 14 and 16 January took place the Workshop “Engineering Future Generations? The New Debate about Societal Governance, Public Engagement, and Human Gene Editing for Reproduction” at the Brocher Foundation, near Geneva, with the participation of 24 experts from different countries.
Together with colleagues PD Dr. Rouven Porz (Clinical Ethics, Inselspital Bern) and Prof. Bara Ricou (Intensive Care, Hospital Universitaire Genève), IBME Director Nikola Biller-Andorno has obtained a grant by the Käthe-Zingg-Schwichtenberg that will allow the team to explore the potential for improvement of the application of coercive measures in intensive care through patient-experience based research. Co-design Collaborators are Prof. Christoph A. Meier (Medical Director, University Hospital Basel), Prof. Paul Hoff (Deputy Head of Department, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich) and lic. iur. Barbara Züst (Managing Director, SPO-Patientenschutz).
The ability to judge is a basic prerequisite for patients to consent to medical treatment. The decision as to whether someone is able to judge or not therefore has far-reaching consequences. However, healthcare professionals often feel insecure when they need to clarify their judgement. The SAMS has drawn up medical-ethical guidelines to assist the practice.
Sarah Steinau and Nikola Biller-Andorno published a new article called „Conflicting Priorities Between Risk Management and Treatment of Schizophrenia in Swiss Forensic Services—A Case Report.“
The publication is part of the Frontiers in Psychiatry’s research topic „Caring for Those Who are Neglected and Forgotten: Psychiatry in Prison Environments“. It was written in a joint cooperation with the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich.
New paper by Roger Meyer, Daniel Drewniak, Torsten Hovorka and Liane Schenk.
The relevant notion of group privacy is one of inferential privacy. We provide reasons for being skeptical that the interest in inferential privacy should be protected by a right (either of individuals or groups) and show that it is especially implausible to conceive such right as a group right in the strong sense.
This paper conceptualizes digital data as an extended phenotype of humans, that is as digital information produced by humans and affecting human behavior and culture. It argues that there are ethical obligations to persons affected by generalizable knowledge of a digital phenotype, not only those who are personally identifiable or involved in data generation.
New publication by Hoda Heidari, Michele Loi, Krishna P. Gummadi, Andreas Krause accepted at ACM FAT* 2019 Conference
In the last three decades, considerable theoretical and empirical research has been undertaken on the topic of moral distress among health professionals. Understood as a psychological and emotional response to the experience of moral wrongdoing, there is evidence to suggest that—if unaddressed—it contributes to staff demoralization, desensitization and burnout and, ultimately, to lower standards of patient safety and quality of care. However, more recently, the concept of moral distress has been subjected to important criticisms.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been proven to be an effective treatment modality for various late-stage neurological and psychiatric disorders. However, knowledge on the electrical field distribution in the brain tissue is still scarce.
Our colleagues engaged in DIPEx.ch have attended the Dipex International meeting at Ameland, in the Netherlands.
Machteld van den Berg has won the 2018 Swiss School of Public Health ScienceFlashTalk Award at the Swiss Public Health Conference in Neuchâtel on 7 November 2018.
PhD candidate Ning Wang is awarded the SNF Doc.Mobility Fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
On 4 October 2018, Roberto Andorno participated in a Web Seminar on “Gene Editing and Human Rights”, jointly organized by the Center for Genetics and Society (Berkeley, CA) and OpenGlobalRights (University of Minnesota).
The video and transcript of the event are available here
Anna Magdalena Elsner is giving a keynote lecture entitled ‘Je souffre donc je suis’: Dolorisme, Morphine and the Medico-Literary Resistance to Palliative Care in France’ at the Institute of Modern Languages Research at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Keynotes will be given by Julia Kristeva, Brian Hurwitz, Trisha Greenhalgh and Marie-Rose Moro. Anna Magdalena Elsner will give a paper entitled 'Ruwen Agien and the spectre of dolorism haunting the Medical Humanities'.
Ning Wang was invited to a panel discussion on "Aerial Humanitarians: Drones and Disaster Response" by Swissnex Boston. The panel was part of Swissnex Boston's event Aerial Futures: the Drone Frontier during the 2018 HUBweek in Boston, USA.
For the second time, the Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME) of the University of Zurich was able to offer a specific training course for the development of the Swiss database DIPEx.ch - Database of Individual Patient Experiences.
M. Christen and M. Gloor have published in Ethik in der Medizin a new paper on organ donation after circulatory determination of death.
Nikola Biller-Andorno and Valerie Luyckx together with Sonja Hartnack, Vetsuisse, obtained a grant from the UZH North-South collaboration to continue their work with Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
The Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine has been elected as a member of the board of EACME.
EACME, in full the European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics, was founded in the early 1980s by a small group of theologians, philosophers and medical doctors who were involved in the new discipline of medical ethics or, as it is now often called, bioethics.
The Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) granted two-year funding to a research project conducted by researchers at the IBME and McGill - Ning Wang, Dr. Markus Christen, and Prof. Matthew Hunt.
A Project on the teaching of scientific integrity submitted by a consortium of European universities, including the University of Zurich, will be funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020 Programme).
On the 1st July 2018, Prof. Tanja Krones was appointed member of the Swiss National Commission on Biomedical Ethics.
The mission of the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics is to provide information on the state of medical research, to identify the social options and ethical issues of biotechnology in the medical area, and to contribute to the development of comprehensive ethical opinions.
Together with colleagues from Freiburg and Israel Dr Philipp Kellmeyer has published a paper in Science Robotics with the title "Social robots in rehabilitation: A question of trust".
Judith Richter, Affiliate of the IBME, has been Scientific Organizer and Speaker at the conference.
Martina Hodel presented a paper at the seminar for graduate and early career papers on ethics and psychiatry at the 'Mind, Medicine and Morals' conference in Oxford.
Krankheits- und Gesundheitsnarrative in der Forschung: Ein interdisziplinärer Workshop vom 11.-12. Oktober 2018
Deflating the “Deep brain stimulation causes personality changes” bubble? Examining possible ethics hype emerging from controversial evidence. CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 1 st, 2019
This lecture series aims at providing a platform for such contemporary issues of psychiatric ethics. At each meeting, a lecture by a guest speaker is held followed by two prepared comments by PhD students on the ground of a previously read paper.
New publication on Neuroethics by Gilbert, Viana and Ineichen: Deflating the "DBS causes personality changes" bubble.
F. Gilbert, J. N. M. Viaña and Christian Ineichen have published on Neuroethicsa new paper on Deep Brain Stimulation and personality changes.
IBME awarded the DSI Seed Fund
The IBME has been successfully awarded a seed fund of CHF 15'000 by the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University of Zurich. This fund application was submitted jointly by the IBME Director Prof. Dr. Nikola Biller-Andorno and PhD candidate Ning Wang.
On 30 and 31 May 2018, Anna Elsner and Roberto Andorno visited the Pavlov Medical University of Saint Petersburg to explore possibilities of joint research and cooperation with the University of Zurich.
New Op-ed by Johann Roduit, published in Le Temps.
« A l’ère de l’Homme augmenté, nous assistons à une individualisation des responsabilités et à une diminution de la solidarité entre individus. Pourtant, ce qui fait la force de l’humanité, c’est sa capacité à coopérer, estime Johann Roduit, du Centre d’Humanités Médicales de l’Université de Zurich » (source: Le Temps)
Photo by Mélanie Scherm, superhumains.ch
Nikola Biller-Andorno, Herwig Grimm & Rebecca L Walker just published a commentary article in the journal 'Nature Biotechnology' about professionalism and ethics in animal research.
This year for the Tag der Lehre you will have the opportunity to participate in the seminar: Film and medicine: a cinematographic tour of the ethics of human enhancement
There are still some places available for the 2015 Zurich Intensive Bioethics course. Don't hesitate to register www.ibme.ch
H + Magazine interviewed Johann Roduit regarding the ethics of human enhancement. The article is available online in both French and English. [.. read more]
The World Health Organization in collaboration with the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME), WHO Collaborating Centre of Bioethics [.. read more]
Verina Wild has edited a special issue on migrant health and ethics for the journal Public Health Ethics together with Deborah Zion and Richard Ashcroft. [.. read more]
Compulsory Treatment in Chronic Anorexia Nervosa by All Means? Searching for a Middle Ground Between a Curative and a Palliative Approach. [.. read more]
The registration for the Zurich Intensive Bioethics Course (ZIBC) is open! Please register online: www.ibme.ch. The Institute of Biomedical Ethics [.. read more]
Neue Publikation in der Fachzeitschrift "Ethik in der Medizin" von Helena Hermann, Manuel Trachsel und Nikola Biller-Andorno [.. read more]
In der Zeitschrift HOTSPOT (Seiten 20/21) des Forum Biodiversität der ScNat (Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz) ist ein Gespräch [.. read more]
Vincent Menuz and Johann Roduit have published an article entitled "Superhumains.ch: offrir des outils réflexifs aux jeunes adultes" for [.. read more]
Johann Roduit has published a column entitled "L'humain augmenté: entre amélioration et déshumanisation" for the Swiss magazine L'Hebdo. [.. read more]
In der Schweiz ist die Fortpflanzungsmedizin streng geregelt. Was in anderen Ländern gang und gäbe oder zumindest erlaubt ist, ist hier verboten. [.. read more]
Dürfen Embryonen untersucht werden? Können wir Fleisch mit Genuss essen? Die Ethikerin Nikola Biller-Andorno und der Ethiker Markus Huppenbauer [.. read more]
Das hat es noch nicht gegeben. Renommierte internationale Wissenschaftler veröffentlichen einen Aufruf im US Wissenschaftsmagazin "Science? [.. read more]
On May 27, Dr. Vincent Menuz, Research Associate at the IBME, will present parts of his research on human enhancement and the project superhumains.ch [.. read more]
Dr Johann Roduit has accepted the position of Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) of the new Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich. [.. read more]
Anna Deplazes Zemp, Daniel Gregorowius and Nikola Biller-Andorno publish a commentary article in the journal "Nanoethics" about the role of different [.. read more]
New article on TB/HIV co-infection by Janina Kehr featured in Medicine, Anthropology, Theory: Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection came to figure as one of the [.. read more]
Based on a careful reading of a wide variety of scientific and popular texts Niklaus Ingold maps the fortunes of sunlight in western medicine and culture. [.. read more]
Transhumanists believe that, through technological modifications, we may once be able to transcend our human condition and even become immortal. [.. read more]
Neu erschienener Artikel von Prof. Biller-Andorno im Tages Anzeiger Magazin zum Thema Lebensqualität und Gesundheitsversorgung im Alter.
Johann Roduit was recently invited to give a response to to Nick Agar regarding his latest book: Truly Human Enhancement (MIT Press 2014), during the [.. read more]
The aim of this article is to explore how transhumanists attempt to answer the environmental questions of our time. To this end, we selected and [.. read more]
Helena Hermann, Manuel Trachsel and Nikola Biller-Andorno have published a new article in the Journal of Medical Ethics: Physicians’ personal values in [.. read more]
Seit 2012 werden die Schweizer Spitäler über Fallpauschalen finanziert. Zwei der Ziele, effizientere Prozesse und mehr Zeit für den Patienten [.. read more]
"Patientenwohl und Ökonomie – Ärzte als Diener zweier Herren" lautete der Titel eines Referats, das Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno im vergangenen Herbst vor [.. read more]
Das IBME hatte 2013 schweizweit Ärztinnen und Ärzte befragt, wie sie seit der Einführung der Fallpauschalen die Patientenversorgung sowie ihre [.. read more]
This review highlights the impact of developmental programming on later-life risk of high blood pressure and kidney disease. Maternal health, low birth [.. read more]
From March 4 to 6, the Center for Medical Humanities (CMH) and the IBME have organized a Winter School on the ethics of human enhancement. [.. read more]
Is it necessary to have an ideal of perfection in mind to identify and evaluate true biotechnological human “enhancements”, or can one do without? [.. read more]
A new course on ethics for implementation research is being developed with colleagues at the World Health Organization’s Global Health Ethics [.. read more]
Affiliate researcher, Dr Carina Fourie, has accepted the position of the Benjamin Rabinowitz Assistant Professor in Medical Ethics at the Philosophy [.. read more]
Participants of the project Superhumains.ch were interviewed for the TV Program A Bon Entendeur. Dr. Vincent Menuz and some high school students [.. read more]
Ärztebefragung zu den Auswirkungen der DRG-basierten Spitalfinanzierung in der Schweiz: Seit 2012 werden die Schweizer Spitäler über Fallpauschalen [.. read more]
Abstract: Referring to Kant’s arguments addressing the moral relationship between our bodies and ourselves is quite common in contemporary debate about [.. read more]
La Tribune de Genève interviewed Johann Roduit regarding his research about the ethics of human enhancement. The article is available online here.
Abstract: In contrast to either sceptical approaches arguing for the redundancy of dignity or more theoretical ones concerning only abstract notions, this paper presents...
Die Medizin macht grosse Fortschritte. Immer mehr Krankheiten können behandelt oder gar geheilt werden. Doch das hat seinen Preis. Beim Bundesamt für...
"Kränkelnde Krankenhäuser": Mal wird zu viel operiert, mal zu wenig gepflegt: Der Ethikrat diskutiert im Tagesspiegel die Folgen ökonomischen Drucks in deutschen..
Please find the Research Colloquium on Biomedical Ethics Spring Semester 2015 program down below. For more information, please contact Michelle Heimgartner by
Im Oktober 2014 erlangte der promovierte Philosoph und Biologe PD Dr. Rouven Porz(affiliierter Mitarbeiter) die Habilitation im Fach „Medizinethik" der medizinischen
Obwohl Film nicht nur eine große Popularität und mediale Vertrautheit genießt, sondern auch als eine der bedeutendsten kulturprägenden Kunstformen der
Mit diesem Blogbieten die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweizein Forum, aktuelle Ereignisse rund um das Gesundheitssystem der Schweiz zu diskutieren.
La Libertéinterviewed Johann Roduitregarding his presentation and research during the Symposium Piin Monthey. The article is available online here.
In einem Interview mit der "Tagesschau des Schweizer Fernsehens SRF" begrüsst Dr. med. Dr. phil. Manuel Trachsel die Einführung von psychiatrischen
Unter dem Titel Selbstbestimmung als Element der Vorstellung vom guten Todbefasst sich Nina Streeckin der neusten Ausgabe des Bioethica Forumdamit, was wir unter
Johann Roduit presented his research during the Symposium PI at the Théâtre du Crochetan in Monthey (CH). In this talk entitled: “Demain tous des X-Men?
This Winter School will bring together an international group of experts to discuss different questions regarding the ethics of human enhancement. The registration for
Physicians often find it hard to determine if a patient suffering from dementia or depression is capable of making sound judgements (decision-making capacity or
Ethikforscherin Nikola Biller-Andorno erklärt, warum wir so bereitwillig Medikamente schlucken und warum die Pharmalobby eine Verantwortung gegenüber der
Die Ebola-Epidemie in Westafrika ist ausser Kontrolle. Tausende sind schon daran gestorben. Doch Blut von Menschen, die Ebola überlebt haben, könnte Neuerkrankten
The Ethics of Experimenting on Yourself; Ethicists are pushing back against ‘citizen scientists’ who want to do medical research on themselves.
Helena Hermann, Manuel Trachsel, Christine Mitchell and Nikola Biller-Andornohave published the results of a national wide survey study on medical decision-making
Diskussionen sind das Herzstück unserer biomedizinethischen Lehre. Die Mitarbeitenden des Institut für Biomedizinische Ethik öffnen daher am Tag der Lehre
The paper entitled "Getting Human Rights Right in Global Health Policy”highlights a disturbing trend away from human rights in the global development agenda. The
Since the translational research findings of Benabid and colleagues which partly led to their seminal paper regarding the treatment of mainly tremor-dominant Parkinson
Effy Vayenais an invited speaker at the European Health Forum Gastein 2014. She will be talking about the ethical and regulatory challenges in personalized medicine.
Johann Roduithas published a review of the book The Ethics of the New Eugenics(2014, Oxford: Berghahn) by MacKellar, C. and Betchel, C.
The conference discusses the ethics of health incentive programs: How should we balance autonomy, solidarity and justice in health incentive policies? How should we
The SNSFhas awarded funding to a project on wishes to diethat is part of the NRP 67-project The wish to die in persons with serious illness. With the 3 year grant Nina
Helena Hermannpresented on the XVI World Congress of Psychiatry in Madridon the appropriate way of standardizing mental capacity assessments. In view of the ethical
Superhumains.ch est lancé!L’Université de Zürich a lancé le projet de communication scientifique “Superhumains.ch: The Next Generations?”. L’objectif du projet est
Effy Vayenahas published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)on the ethics of the Facebook experiment(with Jeff Kahn and Anna
Nikola Biller-Andornois responsible for the ethics project of theNCCR (National Center of Competence in Research, funded by the SNF) Molecular Systems
Gespräch mit Nikola Biller-Andornoim SRFzur Ebola-Epidemie und dem Einsatz noch nicht ausreichend getesteter Medikamente.
Effy Vayena'se-letter on Asking the right autonomy question in direct to consumer genomicsin the Journal of Medical Ethics. Link
Nikola Biller-Andornoon Screening for Breast Cancerat BBC Radio 4. Listen to the podcast here.
Human Enhancement: Living Up to the Ideal Human, new book chapter written by Johann Roduit, Vincent Menuzand Holger Baumann, published in Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies. IGI Global, 2014. 54-66. 2014. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-6010-6.ch004. Article available online here.
New article by Manuel Trachsel, Helena Hermann, and Nikola Biller-Andornoin American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: Cognitive Fluctuations as a Challenge for the Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity in Patients With Dementia
Effy Vayenawas awarded a grant from the Brocher Foundationto conduct a symposium on the Ethical aspects of patient-centred research Initiatives(in collaboration with Prof. Pascal Borry and Dr Heidi Howard).
New paper by Nikola Biller-Andornoand Caroline Clarinvalon Disaster Bioethics.
Effy Vayena'sRapid Response on enabling patient partnershipsin the British Medical Journalalso discussed in the BMJ Blogs.
The Huffington Postinterviewed Johann Roduitregarding the latest movie Transcendenceand the ethical issues surrounding the idea of uploading a human mind into a computer. The article is available online here.
Nikola Biller-Andornoin einem Beitrag zur Übertherapiein der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung.
Op-ed by Johann Roduitpublished in Le Temps: Quand la technologie investit le foot, available online here.
We proudly announce that the IBME has been awarded funding from the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS), Käthe-Zingg-Schwichtenberg-Fonds, for the following three research projects: Gesellschaftlicher Druck auf Sterbende? Sterbewünsche zwischen sozialen Einflüssen und authentischen Selbstsein(Nina Streeck), ECMO zwischen Indikation und Futility: Entwicklung eines faktoriellen Surveys zur Messung von Normen zur Bewertung der ECMO(Tanja Krones, Daniel Drewniak) and Bonusverträge in der stationären Gesundheitsversorgung(Nikola Biller-Andorno, Margrit Fässler).
Nikola Biller-Andornodelivers welcome address at Jewish Medical Ethics Conferencein Stein am Rhein, May 8, 2014. Selected MP3s are available for downloadfrom the last conference. Scientific Program
PhD students, postdocs, and other interested people can now register for courses at the Summer School in Public Health Policy, Economics and Management in Lugano. Fees will be waived for PhD students at the Institute for Biomedical Ethics for the courses on Incentives for Better Healthand Conflicts of Interest and Corruption from a Health Systems Perspective.Registration closes July 15, 2014. For registration, please click here.
New article by Effy Vayenain the Journal of Medical Ethics Direct-to-consumer genomics on the scales of autonomy".
New article by Judith Richterin the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Titel: Time to turn the tide - WHO's engagement with non-state actors and the politics of stakeholder governance and conflicts of interest.Short version published as letter to the British Medical Journal (BMJ), full version on Rapid Response Website.
Neu erschienenes Buch von Bernice S. Elger, Nikola Biller-Andornound Bernhard Rütsche zu Ethik und Recht in Medizin und Biowissenschaften - Aktuelle Fallbeispiele aus klinischer Praxis und Forschung, erhältlich bei De Gruyter.
Nikola Biller-Andornoin Tele Topon Breast Screening.
New article by Prof. Nikola Biller-Andornoon Mammography Screeningin the New England Journal of Medicine. Link Swiss Medical Board
Article by Effy Vayenaand Christian Ineichenin Public Health GenomicsPlaying a Part in Research University Students' Attitudes to Direct-To-Consumer Genomics
Key challenges for next-generation pharmacogenomics: Science & Society series on Science and Drugs. Link EMBO Reports
Effy Vayena'sinterview at the Swiss Re Center for Global Dialogue eventon Healthcare revolution: Big data and smart analytics
Übersichtsartikel von Manuel Trachsel, Helena Hermannund Nikola Biller-Andornoim Swiss Medical Forum
Das Human Brain Project HBPist eines der beiden auf 10 Jahre angelegten Flagship Projekte der Europäischen Kommission mit dem Ziel, das grundlegende Verständnis des Gehirns zu fördern, Hirnkrankheiten zu heilen und neue Technologien basierend auf neurowissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen zu entwickeln. Dies stellt ethische, rechtliche und soziale Fragen, die im ELSA-Komitee des HBP diskutiert werden. Nikola Biller-Andornovom Institut für Biomedizinische Ethik und Markus Christenvom Universitären Forschungsschwerpunkt Ethik sind nun als Mitglieder des Komitees gewählt worden. Im März findet die konstituierende Sitzung statt.
Effy Vayena's article on responsible innovation and science diplomacy. Link
Mit Gedanken lassen sich heute Geräte steuern. Dank Hirnstimulation können Krankheiten geheilt werden. Ermöglicht die Hirnforschung bald ferngesteuerte Menschen? Bioethiker Markus Christenspricht in der Weltwocheüber Chancen und Gefahren der Neurowissenschaft.Mit Gedanken lassen sich heute Geräte steuern. Dank Hirnstimulation können Krankheiten geheilt werden. Ermöglicht die Hirnforschung bald ferngesteuerte Menschen? Bioethiker Markus Christenspricht in der Weltwocheüber Chancen und Gefahren der Neurowissenschaft.
Prof. Nikola Biller-Andornoand Prof. Markus Huppenbauerhave been awarded an SNFS-Agora Grantfor the project Superhumains.ch? The Next Generations. Superhumains.chseeks to educate, inform and dialogue with high school (Matura) and professional students (Berufsschule) about bioethical issues regarding the use of emerging technologies on humans. From February 2014, Johann Roduitwill be the scientific project coordinator of the project.
Johann Roduit, Op-ed published in Le Temps, Snowden et la Singularité: L’ère du super-ordinateur qui sait tout n’est peut-être plus très loin, available online here.
Johann Roduit's blog post, Singularité: ma troisième survie apocalyptique, was selected to be published in l'Anthologie des meilleures blogues de science 2014. The book will be published in Spring 2014 in the éditions MultiMondes
Immer mehr Frauen lassen ihre Eizellen einfrieren - um erst Mutter zu werden, wenn es aus beruflichen oder sozialen Gründen besser passt. Ein Gericht in St. Gallen erlaubt erstmals die umstrittene Methode. Ist das, was möglich und machbar ist, auch sinnvoll und wünschenswert? Gespräch mit der Ethikerin Prof. Nikola Biller Andorno. Link
Nikola Biller-Andornoin a Harvard Business Review Blog Link
Neuer Artikel von Regula Ott und Nikola Biller-Andorno wurde in Pharmacopsychiatry publiziert.
Editorial in the Magazine Bioethicsby Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno, Ruud Ter Meulen and Ainsley Newson.
Neuer Artikel von Effy Vayenaim Magazin der Universität Zürichzum Thema Tumoren verschwinden lassen.
New article by Effy Vayenain Nature Biotechnology on the ethics of participant-led biomedical research. Link
Fall Semester's Ringvorlesung Programis co-organised by Effy Vayena (IBME)and Isabel Klusman (Life Science Zurich). For more information on the program see Flyer below.
Le chat du docteur Frankenstein: modifcations biotechnologiques de nos amis les bêtes, published in the: Bulletin des médecins suisses. Link & Download
Editorial by Effy Vayenaand Barbara Prainsack"Regulating genomics: time for a broader vision" in Science Translational Medicine. Free Access here.
Genetic Incidental Findings: autonomy regained?in Genetics in Medicine. Open access here
The AFE and the IBME have been awarded funding from the SNSFfor two years for the research project Equality in health, equality for health: Justice, status and the social gradient in health.From January 2014, Dr. Carina Fouriewill be conducting normative research on why social gradients in health could be of ethical concern.
Journal article in Suchtmagazin. Regula Ottwrites about Swiss and international surveys among physicians concerning attitudes and handling of Neuro-Enhancers.
Die Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften (SAMW)hat eine Studie über die Haltung der Ärzteschaft zur Suizidhilfeausgeschrieben. Die Studie wird von Brauer|Strub. Medizin – Ethik – Politikund Büro Vatter AG. Politikforschung & -beratung“ in Zusammenarbeit mit gfs.berndurchgeführt. Die Projektleitung übernimmt Susanne Brauer.
The commission for the Fonds Käthe Zingg Scheichtenberghas awarded a grant (KZS 19/13) to Corine Mouton Doreyfor her project: Clinical registries: necessity or waste? Development of an Ethical Framework ensuring that clinical registries contribute to improved quality of health care
BMJ Feature Article on Challenges of US Medicaid Expansionby Douglas Noble, Nikola Biller-Andorno, Jason Sutherland, and Matthew Anstey. Link
The SAMSsupports the NFP67 research project Decision-making capacity at the end-of-life and its assessment in Switzerlandby Nikola Biller-Andorno, Manuel Trachsel, and Helena Hermann
Neuer Artikel in der NZZ am Sonntagmit Interview von Judy Illes. Thema Wir werden uns immer ein Stück weit ein Geheimnis bleiben.
As part of the of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNFS) project Human enhancement and perfection, Johann Roduithas been awarded an SNSF Mobility grant. From October 2013 to April 2014, he will take part in the "Academic Visitor Programme" of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
New publication Decision-making incapacity at the end of life: conceptual and ethical challengesBy Manuel Trachsel, PhD, Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS, and Nikola Biller-Andorno, MD, PhD
Stéphanie Dagronhas been awarded an SNSF Professorship of the Swiss National Science Foundationfor the following project (starting september 2013): Juridification of global health concerns: Implications for health prevention, treatment and health systems. Link
New Interview and Publication by Nikola Biller-Andornoon Physician Assisted Suicide in the New England Journal of Medicine.
New publication Ethical Physician Incentives — From Carrots and Sticks to Shared Purpose. By Nikola Biller-Andorno, M.D., Ph.D., and Thomas H. Lee, M.D.
Verina Wild and Agomoni Ganguli Mitrahave written the editorial for the "Special Symposium on Powers and Faden's Social Justice" in the journal Public Health Ethics. Read an extract.
"Neohumanitas, Writing the future together". Call for participants. All info of the project can be found here
Johann A R Roduit, Op-ed published in "Le Temps", "Jusqu'où peut-on améliorer un être humain"available online here
Peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of medical ethics (JME).Human enhancement and perfection in the Journal of medical ethics doi:10.1136/medethics-2012-100920. By Johann A R Roduit, Holger Baumann, Jan-Christoph Heilinger.
Adapting Standards: Ethical Oversight of Participant-Led Health Research. PLoS Med 10(3): e1001402.By Vayena E, Tasioulas J (2013). Link
Effy Vayena's Opinion in The Scientist, discussing the recent paper in ethical oversight of participant-led research. Link
As a collaboration partner of three US Universities (University of Notre Dame, University of Oregon, Grand Valley State University) the IBME successfully achieved a grant in “The Science of Intellectual Humility” project(Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology).
In Zusammenarbeit mit Forschern der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste arbeiten Mitarbeiter des IBME an der Entwicklung eines Serious Moral Game, das künftig auch für die Ehtik-Schulung von Medizinstudierenden eingesetzt werden soll.
Dr. Margrit Fässler contributed to panel discussion about interim result after one year of introduction of the new DRG based hospital financing.
Journal article in 'Das Magazin'Mathias Plüss talks with Dr. Margrit Fässler about the role of placebo effects in clinical medicine.
Beyond the clinic: 'direct-to-consumer' genomic profiling services and pharmacogenomics.by Barbara Prainsack and Effy Vayena
Caught in the Web: Informed Consent for Online Health Research, in Science Translational Medicine by Effy Vayena, Anna Mastroianni, Jeff Kahn.
Colorful brains. 14 years of display practice in functional neuroimaging.By Christen M, Vitacco DA, Huber L, Harboe J, Fabrikant S, Brugger. NeuroImage 73: 30-39.
Regula Ottdiskutiert die eben erschiene Studie aus Deutschland, wonach jede/r fünfte Studierende bereits Erfahrungen mit solchen Wirkstoffen gemacht hat; erwähnt erste Resultate ihrer Studie bei Studierenden der Universität Zürich und fordert, dass wir uns vor einer möglichen Legalisierung als Gesellschaft Gedanken dazu machen, was für Ziele wir damit verfolgen möchten.
The challenge of personal genomics in Germanyby Effy Vayena and Barbara Prainsack in Nature Biotechnology
From Molecules to Medicine 1st International Meeting for Young Researchers Engelberg
Neuroenhancement – perspectives of Swiss psychiatrists and general practitionersby Regula Ott, Christian Lenk, Nicole Miller, Rachel Neuhaus Bühler, Nikola Biller-Andorno Published 27 November 2012, doi:10.4414/smw.2012.13707
Serious Moral Games. Erfassung und Vermittlung moralischer Werte durch Videospiele. Edition ZHdK. By Christen M, Faller F, Götz U, Müller C.
"Anticipons notre immortalité" Newspaper Article published by Johann Roduit and Vincent Menuz in the Huffington Post (France).
New publication by Effy Vayena et al.: Experiences of Early Users of Direct-to-Consumer Genomics in Switzerland: An Exploratory Study.
Anna Deplazes and Nikola Biller-Andorno published an opinion article on different explanations of life and synthetic biology in the science and society section of EMBO Reports.
Vayena E, Mauch F. Personal genomics: are we debating the right Issues? .Praxis (Bern 1994). 2012 Jul 25;101(15):961-4.
Vayena E, Mastroianni A, Kahn J. Ethical Issues in Health Research With Novel Online Sources. Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct 18. [Epub ahead of print]
Moral Development in Early Childhood is the Key for Moral Enhancement.AJOB Neuroscience 3(4), 25-26. A comment to the moral enhancement debate. By Christen M, Narvaez D
The Road towards Ethical ICT. European Physical Journal.Special Topics 214: 153–181. An outline of ethical issues in the „big data“ era. By Van den Hoven J, Helbing D, Pedreschi D, Domingo-Ferrer J, Gianotti F, Christen M: FuturICT.
Der Senat der Schweizerischen Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften hat in seiner Sitzung vom 29.5. 2012 Prof. Nikola Biller-Andorno, Einzelmitglied der SAMW, als Mitglied der Zentralen Ethikkommission bestätigt.
The (limited) space for justice in social animals.Social Justice Research 25:298–326. Is there “justice” in animal behavior – a critical analysis. By Christen M, Glock HJ
Jürg Streuli published a qualitative survey about professionalism and its meaning for Disorders or Differences of Sex Development also known as Intersex.
Annette Rid has been awarded the runner-up of the 2012 Mark S. Ehrenreich Prize at the 11th World Congress of Bioethics in Rotterdam.
Roman Gähwiler published new article in Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Tiefe Hirnstimulation bei Bewegungsstörungen. Eine Informationsbroschüre für Patientinnen und Patienten Published by Parkinson Schweiz. Eine Patientenbroschüre zur Entscheidungsfindung bei Tiefer Hirnstimulation
Der „unmoralische Patient“. Eine Analyse der Nutzung hirnverletzter Menschen in der Moralforschung. Nervenheilkunde 31: 209–214. Die Verhaltensauffälligkeiten hirnverletzter Menschen sind komplexer als die Moralforschung beschreibt. By Christen M, Regard M
Current status and future challenges of deep brain stimulation in Switzerland. Swiss Medical Weekly 142: w13570. A review and analysis of deep brain stimulation in Switzerland. By Christen M, Müller S
Effy Vayena has contributed in three chapters of this forthcoming volume on Reproductive Donation by Cambridge University Press
Call for Papers for Workshop "Meeting the Authors: Ruth Faden and Madison Powers" in June 4-5, 2012 Deadline: March 15, 2012
New Article published by Dr. Stéphanie Dagron.
New Article published by Johann Roduit in the Huffington Post.
Dealing with Side Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation: Lessons Learned from Stimulating the STN.AJOB Neuroscience 3(1): 37-43. Why we may underestimate the social complexity of deep brain stimulation. By Christen M, Bittlinger M, Walter H, Brugger P, Müller S.