The Hastings Center Report · 1989 · 73 citations · 0 references
Public HealthBiomedical SciencesEthicsMedical EthicsResearch EthicsAnimal Research EthicsClinical EthicsEthical AssessmentHealthcare EthicsResearch Ethics OversightAnimal Experimentation EthicsBiomedical Research EthicsEthical GuidanceEthical Obligations Of PhysiciansEthical OversightHuman Subjects OversightProfessional Medical EthicsResearch With Human Subjects
The chairman of the German Democratic Republic's (GDR) Committee on\nMedical Ethics, the Council of Medical Sciences, reviews issues of ethical\nconcern to East German medicine. According to Tanneberger, ethical conflicts\nin health care are avoided in the GDR largely due to the socialist nature of\npublic services. Ethical problems in medicine primarily involve research with\nhuman subjects, with animal experimentation and implementation of biomedical\ntechnologies as topics of interest as well. A nationwide system of ethical\nguidance and control has been created, headed by the Council of Medical\nSciences and including the scientific councils of the individual medical\ndisciplines and of the main research projects supported by the state, as well\nas the faculties of the medical universities. Tanneberger emphasizes that in\nthe GDR, the intention is to develop a sense of responsibility among all those\ninvolved in medical research, rather than to impose a regulatory system. (KIE\nabstract)