Short Bio
Jan Schürmann holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and History of Arts from the University of Basel. He is working as a clinical ethicist at the University Hospital of Basel and the University Psychiatric Hospitals of Basel since 2009. He is certified as a clinical ethics consultant, coordinator, and trainer for ethics consultation by the Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM). He is also working as a lecturer for medical ethics in the medical curriculum of the University of Basel. Since 2018, he is a PhD student in biomedical ethics at the University of Basel working on preventive forms of clinical ethics support.
Research Interests
- Clinical ethics consultation
- Issues in clinical ethics
- Theory and methods of bioethics
- Metaethical foundations of bioethics
- Psychiatric ethics
- Organizational ethics
Publications
Editing, Reviewing and Consulting Activities
- BMC Medical Ethics (Reviewer)
- Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (Reviewer)