Current dissertations (selection)

Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine

Contemporary and scientific history of medicine

• Sabrina Ertmer:
  Gerhard Kloos - Biography of a psychiatrist between murder of the sick and war invalids
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters
• Sabrina Gimpel:
  Carl Rogers: The Dialogue with Martin Buber (1957). The further development of the client-centered psychotherapy concept into a dialogical psychotherapy concept (1945-1957)
• Louisa Gröpper:
  The Dental Association of Lower Saxony in the post-war period and early Federal Republic - biographies of the members of the first board
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters
• Jelena Isirinovic:
  The history of the emergence of dental forensics
• Veronika Konkol:
  Social care for former prisoners of war and war invalids after the Second World War in Slovakia using the example of the Poprad region and surrounding area
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters
• Caroline Catharina Krüger-Aleidt:
  Maxillofacial care of war victims from 1942 to 1962. New challenges, innovative solutions and their influence on maxillofacial surgery, reconstructive surgery and military medicine in the post-war period
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters
• Nicole Lengwenus:
  Paediatric articles on diphtheria and tuberculosis in the "Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift" and the "Münchner Medizinische Wochenschrift" in the Weimar Republic and under National Socialism
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters
• Mark Medelin:
  History of the development of preventive medical check-ups for children in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Henriette Meyer:
  The intraprofessional discussion on the position of military physicians in the new German (Federal Republic of Germany) military
• Franz Dietrich Tassilo Maria Meyer:
  "Über den Unsinn der Rassenlehre der Nationalsozialisten" - Anatomieprofessor J. A. J. Barge (1884-1952) und der Protest an der medizinischen Fakultät Leiden gegen die nationalsozialistischen Besatzer
  Supervisors: Heiko Stoff and Wiebke Lisner
• Stefan Scholtz †:
  Ophthalmology during the war. Implementation of findings and routines in three German wars
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters
• Justin Schütte:
  Homosexuality in Germany 1960 - 1985. A paradigm shift in medicine and society
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters
• Johann-Philip Starke:
  "The Wall was the GDR's condom". On the role of the medical profession and state security in the HIV pandemic
  Supervisors: Heiko Stoff and Wiebke Lisner
  (funded by the Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship)
• Lina Stünkel:
  Eponyms in medicine - naming, use and problematization
  Supervisor: Dr. Christine Wolters

Medizinethik allgemein

• Elena Ana Francesca Göttert:
  What’s fair? Ethical Analysis of Triage Criteria and Disability Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the German Legislation
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch
• Ela Nadine Yüzgülen:
  Migration-Related Barriers to Accessing Health Care. An Empirical-Ethical Analysis of the Effects of Cultural Identity and Social Challenges on Access to Health Care, Using the Example of People of Turkish Origin with Dementia and Their Caregivers 
  Supervisors: Dr. Zümrüt Alpınar Segawa, Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch
• Niklas Freese:
  Climate Change in Medical Practice: Ethical Stances and Professional Responsibility in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch
• Sarah Kuiter:
  Where and How to Address Climate Change in Clinical Consultations?”
  Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch

Ethics and theory of digitalization in healthcare

• Lasse Benzinger:
  Machine learning in clinical ethical decision making: a systematic review of ethical arguments
  Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch, PD Dr. Frank Ursin

• Lennart M. Lorenz:
  Discursive Legitimation Strategies of Marketing a Disruptive Innovation: A Web-Based Discourse Analysis and Ethical Assessment of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology
  Supervisors: PD Dr. Frank Ursin, Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch

• Pranab Rudra, M.Sc.:
  Ethical Analysis of Large Language Models for Informed Consent in Research and Clinical Settings
  Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Salloch, Prof. Dr. Tim Kacprowski, PD Dr. Frank Ursin