- Letzte Änderung: 16.07.2008
Topics
The Ethics Council Act (Ethikratgesetz) of 16 July 2007 provides that the German Ethics Council shall choose its own topics. However, it may also deal with a topic on the instructions of the German Bundestag or the Federal Government.
In its meeting on 29 May 2008, the German Ethics Council consulted on its work programme.
- First Topics to be dealt with by the Ethics Council are:
- Anonymous birth/baby boxes
- Research on genetic chimeras
- Public health nutrition
- Nursing services for old and disabled persons
- Resource allocation in public health
- Cosmetic surgery of minors
- Practice of assisted reproduction in Germany
- Pharmacogenomics
- Neurosciences/neuroethics
- Interdiction of commercialized/organized assisted suicide in Germany