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24Medizinethische Probleme der XenotransplantationEthik in der Medizin 14 (4): 234-251. 2002.Definition of the problem: The transplantation of animal tissue and organs (xenotransplantation) is touted as one of the future options for transplantation medicine. This technology implies many unsolved practical and ethical problems. Arguments and conclusion: The article discusses the medico-ethical problems faced by patients, physicians, and the public in clinical trials. The problems involved in weighing chances and risks are classified and discussed. Additionally, parallels between the deba…Read more
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51Diversity and uniformity in genetic responsibility: moral attitudes of patients, relatives and lay people in Germany and Israel (review)Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 12 (4): 433-442. 2009.The professional and institutional responsibility for handling genetic knowledge is well discussed; less attention has been paid to how lay people and particularly people who are affected by genetic diseases perceive and frame such responsibilities. In this exploratory study we qualitatively examine the attitudes of lay people, patients and relatives of patients in Germany and Israel towards genetic testing. These attitudes are further examined in the national context of Germany and Israel, whic…Read more
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43Understanding collective agency in bioethicsMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 19 (3): 411-422. 2016.Bioethicists tend to focus on the individual as the relevant moral subject. Yet, in highly complex and socially differentiated healthcare systems a number of social groups, each committed to a common cause, are involved in medical decisions and sometimes even try to influence bioethical discourses according to their own agenda. We argue that the significance of these collective actors is unjustifiably neglected in bioethics. The growing influence of collective actors in the fields of biopolitics…Read more
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""When it gets personal in" personalised medicine": clinical researchers' and patients' perspectives on counseling and communication in an empirical-ethical comparisonEthik in der Medizin 25 (3): 215-222. 2013.
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41The cultural context of patient’s autonomy and doctor’s duty: passive euthanasia and advance directives in Germany and Israel (review)Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 13 (4): 363-369. 2010.The moral discourse surrounding end-of-life (EoL) decisions is highly complex, and a comparison of Germany and Israel can highlight the impact of cultural factors. The comparison shows interesting differences in how patient’s autonomy and doctor’s duties are morally and legally related to each other with respect to the withholding and withdrawing of medical treatment in EoL situations. Taking the statements of two national expert ethics committees on EoL in Israel and Germany (and their legal ou…Read more
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28Epistemische Gerechtigkeit. Sozialempirie und Perspektivenpluralismus in der Angewandten EthikDeutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 60 (2): 269-283. 2012.
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30“What the patient wants…”: Lay attitudes towards end-of-life decisions in Germany and IsraelMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 18 (3): 329-340. 2015.National legislation, as well as arguments of experts, in Germany and Israel represent opposite regulatory approaches and positions in bioethical debates concerning end-of-life care. This study analyzes how these positions are mirrored in the attitudes of laypeople and influenced by the religious views and personal experiences of those affected. We qualitatively analyzed eight focus groups in Germany and Israel in which laypeople were asked to discuss similar scenarios involving the withholding …Read more
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51Zum Stellenwert von Betroffenheit, Öffentlichkeit und Deliberation im empirical turn der MedizinethikEthik in der Medizin 21 (3): 223-234. 2009.Für die Medizinethik liegt ein großes Potential sozialempirischer Forschung in der Erhöhung der Kontextsensitivität, dem Sichtbarmachen von sozialen und institutionellen Rollen und dem Einbringen von Stimmen, die bislang zu wenig gehört worden sind. Diese Möglichkeiten bergen jedoch auch das Risiko, dass Deliberation und Argumentation durch Umfragen und Meinungserhebungen ersetzt werden. Der in den Sozialwissenschaften einsetzende participatory turn gibt Anlass, Anliegen und Methoden klassischer…Read more
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2Medizinethische Probleme der XenotransplantationEthik in der Medizin 14 (4): 234-251. 2002.Zusammenfassung. Die Verpflanzung tierischer Organe (Xenotransplantation) wird als neue Zukunftsoption der Transplantationsmedizin gehandelt. Bei dieser Technik stellen sich zahlreiche ungelöste biomedizinische und ethische Probleme. Der Beitrag diskutiert vorrangig die medizinethischen Probleme für Patienten, Ärzte und Dritte, die sich bei klinischen Versuchen zur Verfügung stellen, und problematisiert die Abwägung der Chancen und Risiken. Zudem zeigen inhaltliche Parallelen zwischen den xenoge…Read more
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27Beyond cultural stereotyping: views on end-of-life decision making among religious and secular persons in the USA, Germany, and IsraelBMC Medical Ethics 18 (1): 13. 2017.End-of-life decision making constitutes a major challenge for bioethical deliberation and political governance in modern democracies: On the one hand, it touches upon fundamental convictions about life, death, and the human condition. On the other, it is deeply rooted in religious traditions and historical experiences and thus shows great socio-cultural diversity. The bioethical discussion of such cultural issues oscillates between liberal individualism and cultural stereotyping. Our paper confr…Read more
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88What German experts expect from individualized medicine: problems of uncertainty and future complication in physician–patient interactionClinical Ethics 7 (2): 86-93. 2012.‘Individualized medicine’ is an emerging paradigm in clinical life science research. We conducted a socio-empirical interview study in a leading German clinical research group, aiming at implementing ‘individualized medicine’ of colorectal cancer. The goal was to investigate moral and social issues related to physician–patient interaction and clinical care, and to identify the points raised, supported and rejected by the physicians and researchers. Up to now there has been only limited insight i…Read more