Stefan Schulz

Of course, advance directives also carry risks. But these risks can be minimized. Researchers describe how to do this in a series of high-profile publications. While advance directives are commonplace for situations involving physical disabilities, they remain controversial for people with mental disabilities. In many countries, including Germany, so-called Odysseus directives do not yet exist.

A study from Bochum has been awarded the Prize for Philosophy and Ethics in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy by the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics, and Neurology Click here to read the full press release. Funding This work was published as part of the SALUS research project, supported by the Federal Ministry of Education

The conference “Medical Technology Through the Ages” took place on April 25 and 26 at the RUB’s Medical History Collection and the German Mining Museum in Bochum as part of a BMBF research project.

People with dementia have a right to self-determination. But determining whether they are capable of giving consent can be a challenge. To support clinicians in making these assessments in their daily practice, Dr. Matthé Scholten of Ruhr University Bochum and Prof. Dr. Julia Haberstroh of the University of Siegen, together with a team of authors,

Professor Dr. Irmgard Müller passed away unexpectedly at her home in Witten on April 9, 2025. With her passing, the history of medicine has lost an outstanding personality.

On February 6, 2023, Hans-Martin Sass, retired Professor of Philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, and Senior Research Scholar and Director of the European Professional Ethics Program of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington DC, died in his adopted country, the United States, at the age of 87. Born