The Ethics of Personalised Medicine: Critical Perspectives

About Jan SchildmannJochen VollmannVerena Sandow

Jochen Vollmann M.D. Ph.D. is Professor and Director at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine and Chair of the Centre for Medical Ethics Ruhr-University Bochum Germany. Professor Vollmanns research interests include informed consent and capacity assessment mental health ethics end-of-life decision making advance directives personalised medicine medical professionalism clinical ethics committees and clinical ethics consultation. Verena Sandow MA. is a researcher in medical ethics and applied ethics at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Ruhr-University Bochum Germany. She works in the field of human medical research and research ethics. Sebastian Wäscher MA. is a researcher in medical ethics with a focus on social science aspects at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Ruhr-University Bochum Germany. His research interests are questions at the end of life empirical ethics personalised medicine and qualitative research methodology. Jan Schildmann M.D. MA. is a medical ethicist and physician. He is researcher at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Ruhr-University Bochum Germany. His research covers topics in clinical ethics (i.e. end-of-life decisions ethics support services) research ethics (i.e. personalised medicine conflict of interest) and methodological aspects of empirical medical ethics.