2008: Assessment of the Benefits and Harms of Medical Interventions / Science, Society, and the Individual

Leading health care experts from home and abroad met again at the IQWiG Autumn Symposium in Cologne on 28 and 29 November to discuss current and controversial aspects of medicine.

The first day focused on a key topic of the Institute: evaluating the benefit and harm of medical interventions. The topic for the second day of the symposium explored the requirements of and consequences for stakeholders in health care on the one hand, and insured citizens and patients on the other, as a result of the scientific knowledge obtained.

Friday, 28. November 2008 - Assessment of the Benefits and Harms of Medical Interventions

Saturday, 29. November 2008 - Science, Society, and the Individual

There are no documents online for the (German-language) presentation by Franz Knieps: "Verwendung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse in der Gesundheitspolitik" ("Application of scientific evidence in health policies").

There are no documents online for the (German-language) presentation by Prof. Dr. Wolfram Höfling: "Recht auf Selbstbestimmung versus Pflicht zur Gesundheit" ("Right of self-determination vs. obligation to health").

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