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Prof. Dr. phil. habil.

Annette Riedel

Esslingen University of Applied Sciences

Christian Thiel/Deutscher Ethikrat

“As a nursing scientist, I centre my work around socially significant issues relating to ethically acceptable and responsible care and support for people in need of care. In this context, I am particularly concerned with bringing the perspective of people in need of help and care, the importance of an individual quality of life and personal integrity in existential life situations, central principles of nursing ethics such as respect for autonomy, preservation of dignity, social participation and justice, but also the importance of mindful care relationships into the interdisciplinary debate of the German Ethics Council.”

Focus of the commitment in the German Ethics Council

  • Ethics of care / ethical issues in nursing and care
  • Ethical issues in palliative care / end-of-life care

Professional background

  • Since 2008 Professor for Nursing Sciences and Ethics in Nursing and Nursing Education at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
  • 2019 Habilitation at the University of Osnabrück, venia legendi in Health Sciences with a focus on Nursing Sciences
  • 2011–2013 Master of Palliative Care at the University of Freiburg
  • 2008 Doctorate at the University of Heidelberg
  • 2003–2005 Postgraduate studies in Social Welfare at the University of Heidelberg
  • 1998–2000 University course in Gerontology at the Vechta University of Applied Sciences
  • 1990–1995 Study of Social Pedagogy at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Freiburg
  • 1988–1990 Vocational training as Geriatric Nurse in Tübingen

Memberships

  • Since 2024: Vice-Chair of the Ethics Commission of the German Society for Nursing Science
  • Since 2020 Member of the German Ethics Council
  • Since 2017 Member of the Ethics Committee of the Ludwigsburg Clinic and its associated clinics
  • Since 2016 Member of the Ethics Committee of the German Society for Nursing Sciences
  • Since 2011 Member of the German Society for Palliative Medicine
  • Since 2009 Member of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine 

Selected publications

  • Riedel, A.; Klotz, K.; Heidenreich, T. (2024): Ethische Aspekte von Todes- und Suizidwünschen älterer Menschen in der Pflege und für Pflegefachpersonen. Ethik in der Medizin, 36 (3), 263–281. DOI: 10.1007/s00481-024-00822-9
  • Eckstein, C.; Riedel, A. (2024): Alte Menschen mit lebensbegleitender geistiger Behinderung im Akutkrankenhaus. Der Anspruch an die Pflege und Begleitung einer besonders vulnerablen Patient*innengruppe. Ethik in der Medizin, 36 (3), 325–353. DOI: 10.1007/s00481-024-00818-5
  • Riedel, A.; Klotz, K.; Seidlein, A.-H. (2024): Assistierter Suizid und die ethischen Implikationen für die Pflegefachpersonen. In: Riedel, A.; Lehmeyer, S. (ed.): Ethik im Gesundheitswesen. Berlin: Springer [online]. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-58685-3_102-1
  • Riedel, A.; Lehmeyer, S.; Goldbach, M. (ed.) (2023): Moralische Belastung von Pflegefachpersonen. Hintergründe – Interventionen – Strategien. Berlin: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-67049-1
  • Riedel, A. (2023): Kontinuierliche tiefe Palliative Sedierung im stationären Hospiz. Einordnung und Reflexion einer dynamischen Diskussion. In: Borgardts, D.; Roth, M. (ed.): Sedierung am Lebensende. Beiträge zur ethischen Debatte. Baden-Baden: Verlag Karl Alber, 91–113.
  • Riedel, A.; Lehmeyer, S.; Monteverde, S. (2022): Ethikbildung in der Pflege – strukturelle Besonderheiten und didaktische Implikationen der Pflegeausbildung. Ethik in der Medizin, 34 (3), 387–406. DOI: 10.1007/s00481-022-00709-7
  • Riedel, A.; Lehmeyer, S. (ed.) (2022): Ethik im Gesundheitswesen. Berlin: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-58680-8
  • Riedel, A. (2020): Palliative Sedierung im stationären Hospiz. Konstruktion einer Ethik-Leitlinie mittels partizipativer Forschung. Göttingen: V&R unipress.