Invited lectures/workshops & abstracts with presentation/poster

Dr. Marcel Mertz

Invited lectures & workshops

Can medical ethics provide the necessary orientation for action? (Lecture) Seminar "New examination and treatment methods. Current case law on socio-medical assessment", Federal Medical Service; 30.09.2025, Göttingen, Germany

(with Prince I) "Ethics does not want to be convenient" - A methodological proposal for processing ethical aspects in health technology assessment in the face of tensions between EBM standards, contract research and limited resources (lecture) Research colloquium Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS), Leibniz Universität Hannover; 05.05.2025, Hannover, Germany

Development and consensus of quality criteria - empirical-ethical challenges and proposed solutions (lecture) 2nd General Meeting DFG Network "Scientific foundation of a responsible practice of assisted suicide"; 24.02.2025, Bochum, Germany

What role can the ethics domain play in drawing an overarching conclusion for an HTA report? (Lecture) Workshop "How should the results of a full HTA be prepared? Experiences and challenges from 8 years of ThemenCheck Medizin", Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG); 07.06.2024, Cologne, Germany

Empirical ethics, bioXphi and Co. - Why we do empirical research in medical ethics (lecture) Medical history/medical ethics lectures summer semester 2024, Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany; 14.05.2024, Cologne, Germany

(with Salloch S) Mehr als informierte Einwilligung - Ethik der Forschung mit Menschen und die Geschlechterperspektive (Workshop) Joint annual conference 2024 of the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Facilities or Institutions für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in Niedersachsen (LAGEN), the Forschungszentrum Musik und Gender (HMTMH), the Gender Netz (Hochschule Hannover) and the Kompetenzzentrum für geschlechtersensible Medizin (MHH); 19.04.2024, Hannover, Germany

Functions of empirical research in (principled) ethics (online lecture) Research colloquium of the Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; 23.01.2024, Halle (Saale), Germany

Artificial intelligence in healthcare (online lecture/podcast) VHS Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge e.V. / "Medien - Aber richtig!"; 21.11.2023, Pirna, Germany

(with Schildmann J, Kühlmeyer K) Course "Empirical Research in Medical Ethics" (Workshops) Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (in cooperation with the Academy for Ethics in Medicine e.V. (AEM)); 13.-14.11.2023, Halle (Saale), Germany

(with Salloch S) Empirical ethics in the field of veterinary ethics (Workshop) Veterinary Ethics Conference 2023; 28.09.2023, Vienna, Austria

Digital maturity and self-determination (online lecture) Symposium "Digitalization: Challenges and opportunities for psychotherapy", Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists (BPtK); 19.04.2023, Berlin, Germany

More freedom, but also more heteronomy? Reflections on a concept of "digital self-determination" (online lecture) Lecture series "Digitale Gesellschaft - Eine Gestaltungsaufgabe", Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG) of the University of Kassel in cooperation with the German Informatics Society (GI); 16.11.2022, Kassel, Germany

Why (should I) do empirical research in medical ethics? (Online lecture) 4th Virtual Colloquium for Young Researchers: "Ethics and Empiricism", Young Medical Ethics Network (JMED) of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine e.V. (AEM); 24.10.2022, Hanover, Germany

Opportunities, risks, uncertainties - Ethical challenges in weighing up and communicating the potential benefits and harms of ATMPs (online lecture) Conference "Heilung um jeden Preis? Risks, benefits and costs of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs)", Center for Health Ethics (ZfG) at the Protestant Academy Loccum; 06.10.2022, Hannover, Germany

Research. Ethics? Research ethics! -A practical workshop for research ethics issues around the dissertation (and beyond) (Workshop) AStA der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (in cooperation with the Institute of History, Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine, Hannover Medical School); 04.02.2021, Hannover, Germany

(with Schildmann J, Kühlmeyer K) Course "Empirical Research in Medical Ethics" (online workshops) Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (in cooperation with the Academy for Ethics in Medicine e.V. (AEM)); 25-26.11.2020, Halle (Saale), Germany

(Medical) Ethics and Empiricism (Lecture) Advent Workshop of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine (AEM): Fundamentals and Methods of Medical and Bioethics, Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, Georg-August-University Göttingen; 30.11.2019, Göttingen, Germany

On the use and value of systematic reviews in ethics - Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as an example (lecture) Research Colloquium Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (CELLS), Leibniz Universität Hannover; 07.01.2019, Hannover, Germany

Fundamentals of Research Ethics in Public Health (Lecture) Doctoral Program Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bielefeld University; 14.12.2018, Bielefeld, Germany

Good Preclinical = Good Clinical Department = Good Care? On the ethics of translational research (lecture) 10th seminar on research ethics (Domagk junior researcher program), Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald; 26.11.2018, Greifswald, Germany

Beyond the mere empirical study. Combining empirical and normative research in empirical ethics approaches (lecture) "Interdisciplinary Bioethics School", Institute for Biomedical Ethics Basel (IBMB), University of Basel; 18.10.2018, Basel, Switzerland

(with Kahrass H) What areas of competence are needed for ethics in HTA? Concretization of qualification requirements (lecture) Workshop series "Ethics in HTA", Verein für Technologiebewertung im Gesundheitswesen (Health Technology Assessment) e.V. (HTA.de); 30.11.2017, Vienna, Austria

Critical handling of information in medical and care ethics. Introduction to "evidence-based" ethics (lecture) Ethics training University Hospital Basel / University Psychiatric Clinical Departments Basel; 18.05.2017, Basel, Switzerland

Digitalization in medicine - Robodoc and/or talking medicine (lecture) Expert meeting 2017, Social Court Hanover; 01.03.2017, Hanover, Germany

Guideline, case discussion, ethics consultation - challenges in the evaluation of a step-by-step model (lecture) Conference "Many approaches - little data. A symposium on the quality and evaluation of clinical ethics consultation", Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum; 07.12.2016, Bochum, Germany

(with Schlomann A) Self-determination in the face of digitization in business and everyday life. Conceptual considerations, empirical results, and critical discussions (Workshop) 19th World Business Dialogue 2016 "Globalization: Disrupted?", Organisationsforum Wirtschaftskongress (OFW); 15.03.2016, Cologne, Germany

(with Janhsen A) My friend the robot. Why we need ethics (Workshop) KölnerKinderUni; 29.02.2016, Cologne, Germany

Evidence-based, but ethics-free? Possibilities and limits of integrating ethical aspects into guidelines (lecture) Scientific colloquium of the Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Witten/Herdecke University at the Cologne-Merheim campus; 26.10.2015, Cologne, Germany

Act in such a way that no technical possibility remains unused - Technical imperative vs. ethics? (Lecture) Scientific Association Mönchengladbach; 25.02.2015, Mönchengladbach, Germany

(with Moll [von Storch] K) Ethics module for technology advisors (workshop) Advice center "Technology in old age" of the city of Solingen; 15.01.2015, Solingen, Germany

Ethically precarious research? Brief insights into selected examples of (clinical) research ethics (lecture) 1st Cologne Study Assistant Days, Center for Clinical Trials, University of Cologne; 16.05.2014, Cologne, Germany

A prelude to evidence-based ethics? - Evidence in ethics and ethical evidence in the transdisciplinary CESS-Project METAP (lecture) Conference "Ethics and Evidence in End of Life decision making. Interdisciplinary Perspectives", NRW Junior Research Group "Medical Ethics at the End of Life: Norm and Empiricism", Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum; 04.04.2014, Bochum, Germany

Arguing - essentials & analysis of arguments / Arguing - evaluating arguments (Workshops) Winter School "Good Practice Bioethics", Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich; 21.01.2013, Zurich, Switzerland

Arguing - essentials & analysis of arguments / Arguing - evaluating arguments / Arguing - ethical theories & strategies for arguing (Workshops) Summer School "Good Practice Bioethics", Institute for Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich; 18-19.06.2012, Zurich, Switzerland

Abstracts with presentations/poster (peer-reviewed)

Nobile H, Mertz M (2025) Ethics under uncertainty, uncertain ethics: Ethical guidance for initiating First-in-Human Trials (FIH) involving Somatic Genome Editing. (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME), "Responsible Innovation: Ethical Perspectives on Health Care Research and Practice"; 11.-13.09.2025, Zurich, Switzerland

Katzer M, Salloch S, Schindler C, Mertz M (2024) Systematic, but not quality-assessed? The problem of quality appraisal in systematic reviews of reasons - and a possible (small) solution by applying basic argumentative standards (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME), "Translating ethics into healthcare practice and research. Potentials and Risks"; 12.-14.09.2024, Halle (Saale), Germany

Kremling A, Schildmann J, Mertz M (2024) "From book to bedside?" or: alternatives to drawing an ethical analogy to translational medicine? (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME), "Translating ethics into healthcare practice and research. Potentials and Risks"; 12.-14.09.2024, Halle (Saale), Germany

Kuiter SG, Herrmann A, Mertz M, Quitmann C, Salloch S (2024) Should aspects of environmental sustainability be included in health counseling? A systematic review of reasons (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME), "Translating ethics into healthcare practice and research. Potentials and Risks"; 12.-14.09.2024, Halle (Saale), Germany

Mertz M, Kahrass H (2024) "Full" health technology assessment (HTA) reports as a device for "translating" ethics into healthcare practice - observations on the suitability, implementation and reach of ethics in HTA reports (Abstract only) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME), "Translating ethics into healthcare practice and research. Potentials and Risks"; 12.-14.09.2024, Halle (Saale), Germany

Kahrass H, Schnarr A, Faggion CM, Mertz M (2024) Elusive, but there - ethical domains in full HTA reports. An attempt to map the field (Poster) 25th Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 13-15.03.2024, Berlin, Germany

Lühmann D, Butz S, Neumann A, Neusser S, Kloppe T, Kahrass H, Mertz M, Hügel M, Ruppel T, Scherer M (2023) HTA Social Isolation: Effectiveness and health economic evaluation of measures against social isolation and loneliness (Presentation) 57th Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine, German Society of General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM); 28-30.09.2023, Berlin, Germany

Kloppe T, Lühmann D, Mertz M, Kahrass H, Hügel M, Ruppel T, Butz S, Scherer M (2023) HTA Social Isolation: Ethical, social, organizational and legal implications of measures against social isolation and loneliness (Presentation) 57th Congress of General Practice and Family Medicine, German Society of General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM); 28-30.09.2023, Berlin, Germany

Mertz M, Salloch S, Schindler C, Katzer M (2023) Under what conditions can humans be infected with pathogens in clinical trials? Results of a systematic review (presentation) Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 28.09.-30.09.2023, Halle (Saale), Germany

Hetzel T, Alex K, Braun K, Camenzind S, Capas Peneda S, Dodaro R, Kahrass H, Jörgensen S, Linder E, Reihs E, Selter F, Tiwari V, Todorovic Z, Mertz M (2023) Animal research ethics in biomedical research: challenges and proposed answers - some results of an international retreat week (Poster) Jahrestagung Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (AEM); 28.09.-30.09.2023, Halle (Saale), Germany

Mertz M (2023) Getting one level up: Insights about the methods, the reporting and the use of (systematic) reviews of ethics literature. An example of meta-research of secondary research in bioethics (Presentation) Special seminar: The role of meta-research and secondary research methods in bioethics, 35th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH); 23.-26.08.2023, Riga, Latvia

Mertz M, Alex K, Braun K, Camenzind S, Capas Peneda S, Dodaro R, Kahrass H, Jörgensen S, Linder E, Reihs E, Selter F, Tiwari V, Todorovic Z, Hetzel T (2023) Piecemeal social engineering vs. holistic social change? How an interdisciplinary animal research ethics of biomedical research may reconcile diverse perspectives (Presentation) 35th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH); 23.-26.08.2023, Riga, Latvia

Kühlmeyer K, Jansky B, Mertz M, Marckmann G (2023) Transformative medical ethics: A framework for changing practice according to normative ethical requirements and its application to medical decision making (Presentation) 35th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH); 23.-26.08.2023, Riga, Latvia

Katzer M, Salloch S, Schindler C, Mertz M (2023) Can we tell good reasons from bad reasons in a systematic review of reasons? A basic quality appraisal regarding reasons for acceptable risk in human challenge studies (Presentation) 35th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH); 23.-26.08.2023, Riga, Latvia

Hetzel T, Mertz M (2023) Why does research in ethology not reach animal welfare law? An agnotological case study (presentation) Behavior 2023, 14.-20.08.2023, Bielefeld, Germany

Boes J, Guicheteau J, Möhler R, Schamong A, Brockmeier K, Icks A, Marckmann G, Mertz M, Prince [Otto] I, Bäumer A, Lampert U, Köpke S (2023) HTA report Heart disease in children: Can children be helped to cope with their disease by psychological support? (Poster) 24th Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 22-24.03.2023, Potsdam, Germany

Haltaufderheide J, Mertz M, Kremling A, Schleidgen S, Inthorn J, Kühlmeyer K (2023) We have been there before: Insights from empirical medical ethics for the debate on ethical recommendations in planetary health - a plea for the transparent reporting of bridge principles (Presentation) 24th Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 22-24.03.2023, Potsdam, Germany

Pietschmann I, Selter F, Hiebl B, Mertz M (2022) Opportunities and limitations of Open Educational Resources for medical ethics teaching (Presentation) Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 29.09.-01.10.2022, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

Randjbar Moshtaghin NL, Lüddecke Z, Schnarr A, Mertz M (2022) Are published systematic reviews of ethical literature used at all - and if so, how? An empirical analysis of the citations of 30 reviews (presentation). Annual Conference Academy for Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 29.09.-01.10.2022, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

Gumz F, Nordmann C, Selter F, Mertz M, Hiebl B, Gruber C (2022) Digitization as a contribution to the democratization of knowledge - Open Educational Resources (OER) (presentation) Annual Conference Society for Medical Education (GMA); 15.09.-17.09.2022, Halle (Saale), Germany

Kühlmeyer K, Mertz M, Haltaufderheide J, Kremling A, Schleidgen S, Inthorn J (2022) Let's bridge the gap: Why public health research papers should entail the transparent use of bridge principles when recommending moral actions. Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME); 15.-17.09.2022, Varese, Italy

Pietschmann I, Kahrass H, Mertz M (2022) Simple decision, right? Which reasons influence the decision of researchers for animal experiments and alternatives to animal experiments? Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME); 15.-17.09.2022, Varese, Italy

Kahrass H, Schnarr A, Otto [Prince] I, Mertz M (2022) LESEN, SPRECHEN, DENKEN - Ansätze zur Bearbeitung der Ethik-Domänen im Health Technology Assessment (HTA) (Presentation) 23rd Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 01.-03.09.2022, Lübeck, Germany

Klingler C, Mertz M (2022) Towards evidence-based ethics guidelines: Introducing the REIGN framework (Presentation) 23rd Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 01.-03.09.2022, Lübeck, Germany

Pietschmann I, Mertz M (2022) Does complementary and alternative medicine correspond to ideals put forth in medical humanism? (Presentation) 34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH); 24.-27.08.2022, Warsaw, Poland

Selter F, Pietschmann I, Mertz M (2022) Gaining perspective in animal research ethics. The moral status of animals and the social value of biomedical research (Presentation) 16th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 20.-22.07.2022, Basel, Switzerland

Mertz M, Fehlhaber AL, Salloch S (2022) How can advanced data science support the human bioethicist? A first sketch of "computational bioethics" (Presentation) 16th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 20-22.07.2022, Basel, Switzerland

Pietschmann I, Mertz M (2022) Medical humanism as the basis of the power of complementary and alternative medicine? Critical analysis and comparison with biomedicine (online presentation) 22nd workshop of the working group "Medicine and Theology"; 28.01.2022, Vienna, Austria

Salloch S, Fehlhaber AL, Mertz M (2021) How much humanity does medical ethics need? Preliminary considerations on "computational bioethics" (online presentation) Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 22-25.09.2021, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Mertz M, Schnarr A, Kahrass H (2021) "What is important to you?" - Consideration of the affected person's perspective when dealing with ethical aspects in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) (online presentation) 22nd Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 24-26.02.2021, Halle (Saale), Germany

Mertz M (2020) What empiricism can tell us about the validity of specified moral norms - A contribution to the specification of research projects in empirical medical ethics (online presentation) Online Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 24-25.09.2020, Münster, Germany

Schnarr A, Mertz M (2020) Everything just calculable risk? States of epistemic uncertainty and their possible ethical implications for risk-benefit assessment (online presentation) Online Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 24-25.09.2020, Münster, Germany

Kahrass H, Borry P, Gastmans C, van der Graaf R, Ives J, Strech D, Mertz M (2020) PRISMA Ethics: A reporting guideline for systematic reviews of normative literature - empirical background and checklist (poster) 21st Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 13-15.02.2020, Basel, Switzerland

Mertz M, Kahrass H, Dinger A, Siering U, Krabbe L (2020) How ethical is the social - how social is the ethical? The demarcation problem of the domains "ethics" and "social" in Health Technology Assessment (Symposium) 21st Annual Conference of the EbM Network; 13.-15.02.2020, Basel, Switzerland

Pietschmann I, Kahrass H, Mertz M (2019) Why are alternative methods (not) chosen? Presentation of a project on the investigation of value judgments for or against alternatives in animal testing in basic research (Presentation) 22nd European Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing, European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT); 10.-13.10.2019, Linz, Austria

Otto I, Schnarr A, Kahrass H, Mertz M (2019) Separation, mutual reference or equation? Claim and practice of distinguishing ethical and social aspects in health technology assessment (presentation) Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 26-29.09.2019, Göttingen, Germany

Mertz M, Nobile H, Kahrass H (2019) Knowledge syntheses of empirical literature in medical ethics - results of a meta-review (presentation) Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 26-29.09.2019, Göttingen, Germany

Kahrass H, Borry P, Gastmans C, van der Graaf R, Ives J, Strech D, Mertz M (2019) Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews of ethics literature (PRISMA Ethics) - rationale, process and checklist (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME); 12-14.09.2019, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mertz M, Hagen A (2019) Cleft lip and plate: Does the nasoalveolar molding (NAM) method lead to better final results? Ethical aspects: method, exemplary results & challenges (Presentation) Panel Session "One Requirement For All? Processing Of The Ethics Domain In HTA Reports For A German HTA-Programme", Annual Meeting HTAi; 15.-19.06.2019, Cologne, Germany

Neitzke G, Mertz M, Freund K (2019) Evaluation of case consultations: lessons from 192 consultation protocols at Hannover Medical School (Poster) 15th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation (ICCEC); 22.-25.05.2019, Vienna, Austria

Kahrass H, Strech D, Mertz M (2017) Quality of ethics in HTA reports. Methodological reflection on three ethics reviews in the context of obesity prevention in school children (Poster) Annual Conference Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 29-30.09.2017, Hannover, Germany

Freund K, Mertz M, Neitzke G (2017) Quality assurance of ethics case consultations - retrospective analysis of the consultation protocols of the CEC at Hannover Medical School (2001-2016) (Presentation) Annual Conference Academy for Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 29-30.09.2017, Hannover, Germany

Mertz M, Fischer T, Salloch S (2017) Values, waste and self-criticism: What actually makes medical ethics research valuable? (Presentation) Annual Conference Academy for Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 29-30.09.2017, Hannover, Germany (awarded with the prize for the best free lecture)

Mertz M, Kahrass H, Strech D (2017) (Systematic) reviews of normative literature on medical topics. Status quo of "evidence-based" ethics (presentation) 18th Annual Conference of the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (DNEbM); 09.-11.03.2017, Hamburg, Germany

Mertz M, Fischer T, Salloch S (2017) What makes ethics research valuable? An explorative investigation of possible value dimensions in bioethical publications (Poster) 18th Annual Conference of the German Network for Evidence-based Medicine (DNEbM); 09.-11.03.2017, Hamburg, Germany

Schlomann A, Jannes M, Mertz M, Woopen C, Rietz C (2016) Digital self-determination in a comparative perspective: do young and old internet users differ? (Presentation) Annual Scientific Meeting Gerontological Society of America (GSA); 16.-20.11.2016, New Orleans, United States of America

Mertz M, Kahrass H, Strech D (2016) R2Ethics - A systematic review of reviews of normative-ethical literature on medical topics (Poster) Annual Meeting Academy of Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 22-24.09.2016, Bielefeld, Germany

Mertz M, Genske A (2016) "I was told to do so" - Professional academic ethos as a facet of (un)ethical research (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME); 08.-10.09.2016, Leuven, Belgium

Mertz M, Kahrass H, Strech D (2016) SR2Ethics - A systematic review of systematic reviews of normative ethics literature on medical topics (Poster) 13th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 14-17.06.2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Strech D, Mertz M, Kahrass H (2016) Systematic analysis and synthesis of normative information. Modified standards and reporting guidelines needed? (Poster) 13th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 14-17.06.2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Strech D, Mertz M, Kahrass H (2015) Systematic analysis and synthesis of normative information. Modified standards and reporting guidelines needed? (Poster) The Inaugural REWARD/EQUATOR Conference, EQUATOR Network and European Association of Science Editors; 28-30.09.2015, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Moll [von Storch] K, Mertz M (2014) Empowerment through technology? Health literacy as a prerequisite for self-determination in age appropriate assisting systems (Presentation) Annual Conference Academy for Ethics in Medicine (AEM); 09.-11.10.2014, Ulm, Germany

Knüppel [Kahrass] H, Mertz M, Strech D (2013) Beyond withdrawing dialysis. A systematic review of ethical issues in clinical care for kidney failure (Poster) World Congress of Nephrology, International Society of Nephrology (ISN); 31.05.-04.06.2013, Hong Kong, China

Schürmann J, Mertz M, Reiter-Theil S (2013) "Is it really about arguing?" Why clinical ethics support needs metaethics (Poster) 9th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation (ICCEC); 14-16.03.2013, Munich, Germany

Mertz M, Rothenberger GL (for the working group "Ethics and Empiricism" of the AEM) (2012) Quality criteria for empirical research in bioethics and the challenge of interdisciplinarity (Presentation) 11th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 26-29.06.2012, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Knüppel [Kahrass] H, Mertz M, Neitzke G, Schmidhuber M, Strech D (2012) Evidence-based but ethics-free clinical practice guidelines on dementia care? (Poster) 11th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 26.-29.06.2012, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mertz M, Knüppel [Kahrass] H, Schmidhuber M, Strech D (2011) Mapping disease specific ethical issues. Development of a framework for identifying and classifying disease specific ethical issues and two examples of its application in clinical practice guidelines (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME); 15.-17.09.2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Reiter-Theil S, Mertz M, Albisser Schleger H, Meyer-Zehnder B (2010) Empirical evidence and ethical orientation: How to create an appropriate foundation of a clinical-ethical guideline (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME); 16.-18.09.2010, Oslo, Norway

Mertz M (2009) Evidence-based development of clinical-ethical guidelines: The role of scientific and local knowledge in transdisciplinary research projects in clinical ethics (Presentation) Workshop in the framework of the excellence initiative "The relation of medical practice, medical knowledge and norms in bioethics", Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen / Lichtenberg-Kolleg; 14-15.12.2009, Göttingen, Germany

Meyer-Zehnder B, Albisser Schleger H, Mertz M, Pargger H, Reiter-Theil S (2008) METAP - a guideline to facilitate ethically appropriate decision making (Poster) Joint Annual Meeting Swiss Society for Intensive Care Medicine (SGI), Swiss Intensive Care Interest Group (IGIP), Swiss Society for Pulmonary Hypertension (SGPH), Swiss Society for Clinical Nutrition (GESKES); 04.-06.09.2008, Lugano, Switzerland (Abstract published in Swiss Medical Forum 8(36)(Suppl.42):17)

Jox RJ, Mertz M, Reiter-Theil S (2008) Well prepared for clinical ethics consultation? Assessing the competence of trainees after a qualifying course (Poster) 9th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 05.-08.09.2008, Rijeka, Croatia

Reiter-Theil S, Meyer-Zehnder B, Albisser Schleger H, Mertz M, Kressig RW, Pargger H (2008) Partners, not recipients: the role of clinical staff for successful ethics support services (Poster) 9th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 05.-08.09.2008, Rijeka, Croatia

Albisser Schleger H, Mertz M, Meyer-Zehnder B, Reiter-Theil S (2008) Developing ethical guidelines for issues of micro-allocation in clinical settings: explorations on methodology and quality improvement (Presentation) 9th World Congress of Bioethics, International Association of Bioethics (IAB); 05.-08.09.2008, Rijeka, Croatia

Mertz M, Meyer-Zehnder B, Reiter-Theil S (2007) Any authority? The complex roles of relatives in end-of-life decision-making (Presentation) Annual Conference European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME); 13.-15.09.2007, Zurich, Switzerland

Mertz M (2006) Can Complementary Medicine be ethically justified? (Presentation) XXth European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH); 23.-26.08.2006, Helsinki, Finland (trip financially supported by a travel grant from the Theodor Engelmann Foundation Basel)