2006: Hopes and Errors in Medicine / Costs, Quality and Justice in the Health Care System

About 250 health care experts from Germany and abroad met in Cologne to discuss health care issues. What is the state of quality improvement in the pharmaceutical industry and quality control in medicine? Is the truth bearable? What are the benefits and harms of information for terminally ill patients?

24. November 2006 - Hopes and Errors in Medicine

Hoffnungen und Enttäuschungen in der Krebsmedizin (German)

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Prof. Dr. med. Guido Adler
Is prevention better than cure? (German)

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Prof. Dr. med. Ingrid Mühlhauser
Is health an obligation? (German)

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Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Werner Hense
Placebo effects (German)

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Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Windeler
Evaluation of complementary procedures (German)

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Prof. Dr. Edzard Ernst
Off-label drugs in cancer medicine (German)

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Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Keilholz

There are no documents online for the (German-language) presentation by Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Klaus Bergdolt: "Ist die Wahrheit zumutbar? Nutzen und Schaden der Information bei unheilbar Kranken" ("Is the truth bearable? Benefits and harms of information for terminally ill patients").

25. November 2006 - Costs, Quality and Justice in the Health Care System

Further information:

Programme

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