Zimmermann, David Martin Shaw, Bernice Elger. Data curation: Bettina Maria Zimmermann. 13 / 17 Formal analysis: Insa Kone´. Funding acquisition: Bettina Maria Zimmermann. Investigation: Bettina Maria ... Zimmermann. Methodology: Bettina Maria Zimmermann. Project administration: Bettina Maria Zimmermann. Resources: Bernice Elger. Supervision: David Martin Shaw, Bernice Elger. Validation: David Martin Shaw
, Bettina Zimmermann, Tenzin Wangmo & Bernice Elger Institute of legal science, University of Zurich, Treichlerstrasse 10, 8032 Zürich, Switzerland Yvonne Padrutt Center for legal medicine, University of ... Geneva, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Bernice Elger AuthorsLara Kollbrunner View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Michael Rost View
Obtaining informed consent from patients is a moral and legal duty and, thus, a key legitimation for medical treatment. The pivotal prerequisite for valid informed consent is decision-making capacity of the patient. Related to the question of whether and when consent should be morally and legally valid, there has been a long-lasting philosophical debate about freedom of will and...
It has come to our attention that in the original article [1] information regarding dates was omitted. The data in this study were obtained in Switzerland four years before the entering into force of the new Swiss Human Research Act in 2014, when the guidelines of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) ceased to apply. It is important for readers to know that at the time of...
In Switzerland, research with identifiable human tissue samples, and/or its accompanying data, must be approved by a research ethics committee (REC) before it can be allowed to take place. However, as the demand for such tissue has rapidly increased in recent years, and biobanks have been created to meet these needs, committees have had to deal with a growing number of such...
In line with the policy objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this commentary seeks to examine the extent to which provisions of international health research guidance promote capacity building and equitable partnerships in global health research. Our evaluation finds that governance of collaborative research partnerships, and in particular capacity...
GPs usually care for their patients for an extended period of time, therefore, requests to not only discontinue a patient’s treatment but to assist a patient in a suicide are likely to create intensely stressful situations for physicians. However, in order to ensure the best patient care possible, the competent communication about the option of physician assisted suicide (PAS) as...
Advance directives (AD) are written documents that give patients the opportunity to communicate their preferences regarding treatments they do or do not want to receive in case they become unable to make decisions. Commonly used pre-printed forms have different formats. Some offer space for patients to (a) appoint a surrogate decision maker, and/or (b) to determine future medical...
Background Literature on the disease profile of prisoners that differentiates by age and gender remains sparse. This study aimed to describe the health of correctional inmates in terms of substance abuse problems and mental and somatic health conditions, and compare it by gender and age. Methods This study examined cross-sectional data from the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland on...
