Prof. dr. Guy Widdershoven
Guy A.M. Widdershoven (1954) is professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine and Head of the Department of Medical Humanities, and senior researcher at the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research of VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. He published on hermeneutic ethics, and its application in empirical ethics, moral deliberation and ethics of chronic care (psychiatry and elderly care). Research topics; autonomy in chronic care, coercion in psychiatry, evaluation of moral deliberation projects, end-of-life issues, genetics and public health genomics. He is scientific director of the Netherlands School of Primary Care Research (CaRe) and president of the European Association of Centers of Medical Ethics (EACME).
Expertise
- Experience in clinical ethics and facilitation of moral deliberation in healthcare institutions (general hospitals, psychiatry, elderly care)
- Member of ethical committees in healthcare institutions
- Experience in ethical analysis of case stories (both methodology and content)
- Experience in empirical ethics (both theoretical/methodological and practical)
- Experience in mixed methods research (combining qualitative and quantitative research in health care)
Selected publications (2005-2009)
- Widdershoven, G., Abma, T., Molewijk, B. (2009). Empirical ethics as dialogical practice. Bioethics Vol. 23 (4), p. 236-248.
- Widdershoven, G., Molewijk, B., Abma, T. (2009). Improving care and ethics: A plea for interactive empirical ethics. The American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 9 issue 6 & 7, p. 99-101.
- Abma, T., Molewijk, B., Widdershoven, G.A.M. (2009). Good care in ongoing dialogue. Improving the quality of care through moral deliberation and responsive evaluation. Health Care Analysis: Volume 17, Issue 3, p. 217-235.
- Slatman, J., Widdershoven, G. (2009). Being whole after amputation. The American Journal for Bioethics 9; 1: 48-49.
- Widdershoven, G., McMillan, J., Hope, T., Van der Scheer, L. (eds.) (2008). Empirical Ethics in Psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Molewijk, A.C., Abma, T., Stolper, M., Widdershoven, G. (2008). Teaching ethics in the clinic: the theory and practice of moral case deliberation. Journal of Medical Ethics 34 p. 120-124
- Goldsteen, M., Abma, T., Oeseburg, B., Verkerk, M., Verhey, F., Widdershoven, G. (2007). What it is to be a daughter? Identities under pressure in dementia care. Bioethics 21 (1), p. 1-12
- Widdershoven, G.A.M., Abma, T.A. (2007). Hermeneutic ethics. In: R.E. Ashcroft, A. Dawson, H. Draper, J. McMillan, Principles of Healthcare Ethics, Wiley
- Widdershoven, G.A.M., Berghmans, R.L.P. (2006). Meaning-making in dementia: a hermeneutic perspective. In: Hughes, J.C., Louw, S.L., Sabat S.R. (eds.). Dementia. Mind, meaning, and the person. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 179-191.
- Abma, T.A., Widdershoven, G.A.M. (2006). Moral deliberation in clinical psychiatric nursing practice. Nursing Ethics 13 (5), p. 546-557.
- Ashcroft, R., Lucassen, A., Parker, M., Verkerk, M., Widdershoven, G. (Eds.) (2005). Case analysis in clinical ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Widdershoven G.A.M. (2005). Beyond autonomy and beneficence. The moral basis of euthanasia in The Netherlands. In: Schotsmans, P., Meulenbergs, T. (eds). Euthanasia and Palliative Care in the Low Countries. Leuven/Paris/Dudley, MA : Peeters, p. 83-95
Contactmogelijkheden
Prof. dr. Guy Widdershoven
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Afdeling Metamedica
Van der Boechorststraat 7
1081 BT Amsterdam
Kamer: D-321 Telefoon: +31 20 44 48212/06 46705576 Fax: +31 20 44 48394 E-mail: g.widdershoven@vumc.nl
