The point of view of the theologian.
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Christianity↗
Biomedical subjects
U Schlaudraff
Publications and source records attributed to U Schlaudraff.
[Prolonging life at any cost? Ethical attempts at new personal freedom regarding and and the end of life].
The prolongation of life to its extremes "at any cost" has been criticized for decades. The courts have endorsed patient autonomy and patient rights. The number of advance directives has increased considerably. The medical community did after all react appropriately, e.g., by codes of ethics or guidelines. The situation is now in danger of overreaction. The problems of lopsided self-determination are at stake. A new culture of negotiated medical constraint needs both doctor and patient as partners ready to learn how to walk the narrow ridge between overtreatment and just individual choice.
Advance Directives↗
How to become an ethicist? A narrative reflection.
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Attitude to Death↗
[Ethics commissions in the Federal Republic of Germany].
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Ethics Committees↗
[Support for the dying and dignified death. Thoughts on support for the dying from the viewpoint of clinical chaplaincy].
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Chaplaincy Service, Hospital↗
[From curative medicine to health science: health in the cross-fire].
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Attitude to Health↗
[Course revision: observations on health education. Self-limitation becomes a policy].
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Activities of Daily Living↗
Ethics committees in Germany.
Because its chemical industry led the world a century ago, the need for control over research on humans was recognized first in Germany. Yet effective control, in the form of ethics committees, came later than in some other countries. This paper reviews the history and present status of German ethics committees.
Ethics Committees, Research↗