As a result of the policy to alleviate work permit restrictions within the European Community, the quantitative and qualitative distribution of doctors in the E.C. is of growing importance in health politics. Particularly under discussion are questions concerning future training programs for doctors and the role doctors have to play in the health economy under very different types of health systems. This monograph is divided into two parts. The first descriptive section presents, analyzes and discusses the various statistical data and trends as well as the legal positions in the following...

Moderne und leistungsfahige Technik erfordert moderne und leistungsfahige Formen der ethischen Analyse und Bewertung von Technikentwicklung und -anwendung. Dieses Buch stellt Methoden der Guterabwagung in klinischer Forschung, Differentialdiagnostik, Ethik, Theologie, Philosophie und Rechtswissenschaften vor. Die differential-ethische Guterabwagung und die Methoden ethischer Kosten-Nutzen-Risikobewertung haben uber Aie biomedizinische Forschung und humanmedizinische Versorgung hinaus grosse Bedeutung fur ein moralisches Verantwortungsbewusstsein auf allen Gebieten der modernen Technologie....

A. Schneeweiss Although the syndrome of congestive heart failure has been recognized many years ago, the approach for its evaluation and treatment has until recently, been partial and 'fragmentary'. Various aspects of the disease have been treated according to the evaluation tools and therapeutic measures available at each period. This approach resulted in some of the greatest achievements in the management of heart failure but also left many aspects neglected and also resulted in several paradoxes. Examples of the achievements and limitations of the 'fragmentary' ap proach are the use of...