{"id":3609,"date":"2023-02-07T08:56:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T07:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/research-profile\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:52:09","slug":"research-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/research-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESEARCH PROFILE<\/h2>\n\n<p>The main research areas of the Institute of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine in the field of medical ethics are:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ethics in psychiatry (especially capacity to consent, coercion, advance directives)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethical issues at the end of life and physician-assisted suicide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethics of research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Empirical and theoretical-conceptual methods are used here.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the field of history of medicine the focus is on<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the history of medical technology in the 19th and 20th centuries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Contact persons:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Director of the institute: <a href=\"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/jochen-vollmann\/\">Prof. Dr. Dr. Jochen Vollmann<\/a><br\/><br\/>Ethics in psychiatry: <a href=\"\r\nhttps:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/matthe-scholten\/\">Dr. Matth\u00e9 Scholten<\/a>, <a href=\"\r\nhttps:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/\/\"><\/a><br\/>End-of-life ethics and physician-assisted suicide: <a href=\"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/?page_id=3764\"><\/a><br\/>Ethics of research: <a href=\"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/?page_id=3740\"><\/a><br\/>The history of medical technology in the 19th and 20th centuries: <a href=\"\r\nhttps:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/stefan-schulz\/\">PD Dr. Stefan Schulz<\/a><\/p>\r\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESEARCH PROFILE The main research areas of the Institute of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine in the field of medical ethics are: Empirical and theoretical-conceptual methods are used here. 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