Irmgard Müller died.
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.
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Obituary of Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Sass (1935-2023)
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 …
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Vollmann on the COVID-19 pandemic
On this overview page we present collected materials of Professor Vollmann about the COVID-19 pandemic. An update takes place constantly. RECOMMENDATIONS AND MATERIALS ON ETHICAL ISSUES IN PATIENT CARE IN THE FACE OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. Link to the print version of Emergency and Critical Care Resource Allocation Decisions in the Context of the …
Help for Colleagues From Ukraine: International Fellowship Programme
Due to the catastrophic war in Ukraine, the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine would like to use the Visiting Fellowship Programme to help colleagues from Ukraine and neighboring countries. At the Ruhr-Universität, our solidarity and sympathy is with the people who now fear for their lives or have to flee their homes or …
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Vollmann on physician-assisted suicide
Physician-assisted suicide plays an important role in the current debate on ethical issues at the end of life. Prof. Dr. Dr. Jochen Vollmann has done extensive research on these and other questions concerning self-determination at the end of life and has repeatedly spoken out publicly. The following article contains a summary of the most recent …
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