2009: Medicine - belief and knowledge / Health care system - experiencing and funding it

What value judgements are made in medical science? How many medical decisions are based on scientific proof, on proven knowledge? Can the pharmaceutical industry carry out objective research? Can we justify any rationing of health resources? What reforms are necessary to improve health care?

Friday, 27. November 2009 - Medicine - belief and knowledge

Medicine - knowledge or assumptions (German)

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Prof. Dr. Dr. Heiner Raspe
Value judgements in medical science (German)

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Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Strech
Objective research in the pharmaceutical industry is possible (German)

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Koen Torfs
Objective research in the pharmaceutical industry is impossible (German)

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Wolfgang Becker-Brüser
The necessity of scientific proof (German)

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Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Windeler

There are no documents online for the (German-language) presentation by Dr. Manfred Lütz: "Medizin als Religionsersatz" ("Is medicine the new religion?").

Saturday, 28. November 2009 Health care system - experiencing and funding it

There are no documents online for the (German-language) presentation by Prof. Dr. Dr. Otfried Höffe: "Darf eine Überflussgesellschaft Gesundheit rationieren?" ("Does an affluent society have the right to ration health care?").

2009: Medicine - belief and knowledge / Health care system - experiencing and funding it

Friday, 27. November 2009 - Medicine - belief and knowledge

Saturday, 28. November 2009 Health care system - experiencing and funding it

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