englischThe new biotechnologies have triggered profound questions about what it means to be human, as the debates about ‘our’ image of humans show. How we deal with human life before birth or with individuals at the end of life affects our self-image. We have delegated these dilemmas to applied [...]

englischNurses choose their profession because they want to help people. However, economic pressure prevents them from giving care according to their professional ethos. Consequently, this has led to a high staff turnover, which has aggravated the crisis in the nursing profession. This was shown by [...]

englischThe healthcare system is a crisis-ridden institution. From a political perspective, it is subject to constant monitoring, and because austerity measures and budget restructuring are currently all the rage, healthcare often falls victim to considerable cuts which affect substantial parts of [...]

englisch‘Eid und Ethos’ (Oath and Ethics) presents a comprehensive discussion on the renaissance of the Hippocratic oath, particularly the one taken by doctors in Switzerland. For a long time, the Hippocratic oath was regarded as an outdated instrument of the establishment that was not appropriate [...]