The Ethics of Personalised Medicine: Critical Perspectives

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 Vollmann’s 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.