The Ethics of Personalised Medicine

Jochen Vollmann M.D. Ph.D. is Professor and Director at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine and Chair of the Centre for Medical Ethics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Professor Vollmann's research interests include informed consent and capacity assessment, mental health ethics, end-of-life decision making, advance directives, personalised medicine, medical professionalism, clinical ethics committees, and clinical ethics consultation. Verena Sandow MA. is a researcher in medical ethics and applied ethics at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. She works in the field of human medical research and research ethics. Sebastian Wäscher MA. is a researcher in medical ethics, with a focus on social science aspects at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. His research interests are questions at the end of life, empirical ethics, personalised medicine and qualitative research methodology. Jan Schildmann M.D. MA. is a medical ethicist and physician. He is researcher at the Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. His research covers topics in clinical ethics (i.e. end-of-life decisions, ethics support services), research ethics (i.e. personalised medicine, conflict of interest) and methodological aspects of empirical medical ethics.