Research

Clinical Ethics Working Group

 

PALS-HD: Preferences and needs of patients suffering from ALS for advice on life-sustaining and life-shortening options

Preferences and needs of patients suffering from ALS concerning options of hastening death (PALS-HD)

Project management:
Dr. med. Gerald Neitzke
Dr. med. Irene Hirschberg, MPH

Project collaboration:
Dr. phil. Celia Spoden, Dr. rer. medic. Anke Erdmann 
Olga Wenzel, M.A. 

Funding:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Duration:
April 2018 to February 2022

Links to results:
Final Report 2022, Palliative Care and Social Practice 2022, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2021, PLoS ONE 2024

 

Dying like a dog

Convergences and divergences in the human and veterinary ethical discourse on the end of life of humans and pets and consequences for the relationship between medical and animal ethics

Project management:
Prof. Dr. Peter Kunzmann, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation
Dr. Gerald Neitzke, MHH

Scientific collaboration:
Dr. Kirsten Persson (TiHo), Johanna Risse, M.A. (TiHo), Felicitas Selter (MHH)

Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG)

Duration:
January 2019 to December 2021

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