Ethical Questions of Public Health Policy II

19.–20.3.2009:

The second expert meeting on “Ethical Questions of Public Health Policy” was held on 19/20 March 2009 at the Europäische Akademie. Again it involved several experts from the fields of medicine, jurisprudence, sociology and philosophy and focused on socio-political and ethical questions with regard to public health, especially those related to the problem of justice.
Dr. P. Schröder-Bäck (University of Maastricht) spoke about the basic requirements of ethics in the field of public health, while Professor G. Marckmann (Universität Tübingen) tried to outline a more specific methodical framework for evaluating measures taken in this respect.
Dr. O. Rauprich (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), on the other hand, proved several basic theories of justice with regard to their usefulness of solving conflicts of policy in public health.
Finally, Professor V. H. Schmidt (University of Singapore) pro-posed some new ideas on restructuring the health care system taking into account that resources are becoming more and more narrow.