Biomedical subjects
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Needs for continuing education in the field of teaching ethics in health professions are increasing. A project group of the Academy of Ethics in Medicine, Germany, developed and tested a model for a "Teachers' Training Course", based on special educational aims. This project--a "workshop for teachers"--is described.
The implications of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child for psychotherapy and family therapy with the children are elaborated. Referring to the ethical discourse about patient information and informed consent, the authors suggest to integrate minors into decisions about participation in and goals of therapy. Shortcomings of common ways in dealing with minors in therapy are analyzed and discussed in the light of ethical principles. Empirical data concerning adequate judgments about competences of children are evaluated and suggestions for practical work in therapy and counseling are presented.
By RU 486 being synthesized (1980) a pharmacological alternative to surgical methods of abortion has been created. Since 1988 Mifepristone is applied for termination of pregnancies under severe control. Major pros and cons in debates about RU 486 in medical publications are analyzed, their relations to central ethical principles being worked out clearly. As consequences of the analysis of arguments the authors formulate four conditions for the use of Mifepristone as method of abortion which should be considered in further research and practice.
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