Prüll Cay-Rüdiger
Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg.
Medizinhist J. 2010;45(1):102-33.
Until today, it is still unexplored, how modern (scientific) medicine in Western Germany could negotiate its social position in the public sphere and how it was represented in the media. This paper will contribute to the analysis of this problem by investigating all entries on "medicine" in the journal "Der Spiegel" during the period 1947 to 1955, when Western Germany was built up. It is possible to show that the journal was a market place where specific public spheres as e.g. physicians, patients or journalists could discuss medical topics. This way, on the one hand, "Der Spiegel" grasped contemporary notions on medicine and the medical market, which made itself felt in later years of Western Germany. On the other hand, the journal itself molded the discussions about a scientific medicine, which was to be not only innovative but also democratic.
直到今天，西德的现代（科学）医学如何在公共领域中确立其社会地位以及如何在媒体中呈现，这一问题仍未得到探讨。本文将通过调查1947年至1955年西德建国期间《明镜》杂志上所有关于“医学”的条目，为分析这一问题做出贡献。可以表明，该杂志是一个特定公共领域（如医生、患者或记者）能够讨论医学话题的市场。一方面，通过这种方式，《明镜》掌握了当时关于医学和医疗市场的观念，这些观念在西德后来的岁月中有所体现。另一方面，该杂志本身塑造了关于科学医学的讨论，这种科学医学不仅要创新，还要民主。
