Doctoral supervision

Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine

Prof. Dr. Silke Schicktanz – Topics for dissertations

  • Ethical aspects of biomedical research and translation
  • Social and ethical implications of digitization in healthcare and biomedical research
  • Globalization and medicine
  • Prevention from an ethical perspective
  • Ethical implications of historical injustices in healthcare (e.g., discrimination, Nazi medicine)

Prof. Dr. Alfred Simon – Topics for dissertations

  • Patient autonomy and informed consent
  • Ethical issues at the beginning of life (e.g., prenatal and preimplantation diagnostics, abortion)
  • Ethical issues at the end of life (e.g., end-of-life care, euthanasia, postmortem organ donation)
  • Living wills and advance care planning
  • Ethical issues in psychiatry
  • Clinical and non-clinical ethical counseling

Contact

Prof. Dr. Silke Schicktanz

Prof. Dr. phil. Alfred Simon

You might also be interested in

Follow us