Lanzerath Dirk
German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences, Bonn, Germany.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2004;40(3):287-96.
In Germany the public awareness on ethical problems of the application of medicine and life sciences on human beings is very high. It can be observed that German Society is rather sensitive concerning bioethical issues. Politics supports this attitude. Many articles in professional journals as well as in newspapers cover bioethical issues. Conferences and workshops on a professional and an educational level deal with topics on ethics of life sciences and ethics in general. Moreover, in the case of bioethics many different disciplines contribute with relevant considerations to the process of opinion and judgment formation. This paper summarizes the main ethical and legal debates on bioethical issues in Germany, specifies the focus of leading German centres of bioethics and biolaw, and explains the tasks, services and networking of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE) which was founded by the Federal Government.
在德国，公众对医学和生命科学应用于人类所涉及的伦理问题的关注度非常高。可以观察到，德国社会对生物伦理问题相当敏感。政治层面支持这种态度。专业期刊和报纸上的许多文章都涉及生物伦理问题。专业和教育层面的会议及研讨会讨论生命科学伦理及一般伦理主题。此外，在生物伦理方面，许多不同学科都为观点和判断形成过程提供了相关思考。本文总结了德国关于生物伦理问题的主要伦理和法律辩论，明确了德国主要生物伦理和生物法中心的重点关注领域，并解释了由联邦政府设立的德国生命科学伦理参考中心（DRZE）的任务、服务及网络情况。
