Maartje H N Schermer

Biographic Data

ID1268254
NAMEMaartje H N Schermer
GIVEN NAMESMaartje H N
FAMILY NAMESchermer
SIGNATURESCHERMER M H N
AFFILIATIONSErasmus MC
ORCID0000-0003-4283-9659
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS23
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Resistance, Adaptation, and Irreducible Paradox

    Open AccessFrancesca Guerra, Maartje H N Schermer et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

  • Changing the Child

    Open AccessSietske A L van Till, Maartje H N Schermer et al.ARTICLEBioethics2026

    Scientific advancements offer new possibilities for developing novel treatments for children with monogenic neurodevelopmental disorders (mNDDs), targeting the underlying effects of their condition. Although, in qualitative studies, parents of children with mNDDs have predominantly positive attitudes towards the development of novel treatments, a few parents express concerns about whether treatments could change who their child is . Existing lite…

  • From symptom to disease

    Open AccessRik van der Linden, Maartje H N Schermer et al.ARTICLESynthese2025References: 98

    Although pain is considered a central object of medicine, it remains poorly understood. This is especially true for chronic pain conditions, in which an underlying cause often cannot or can no longer be found. Over the past decades, new scientific, technological, and social developments have led to the reconceptualization of chronic pain. In the latest edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), chronic pain conditions are a…

  • Taboo trade-off aversion in choice behaviors

    Open AccessNicholas V R Smeele, Sander Van Cranenburgh et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 57

    Accounting for TTOA in RUM models may lead to more accurate behavioral information when choice behaviors are affected by taboo trade-offs. Researchers and policymakers can use TTOA models to obtain a more nuanced understanding of public acceptability in morally salient policy decisions - ultimately helping to navigate, rather than avoid, taboo trade-offs

  • Towards machine learning for moral choice analysis in health economics

    Open AccessNicholas V R Smeele, Caspar Chorus et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023

    BACKGROUND: Discrete choice models (DCMs) for moral choice analysis will likely lead to erroneous model outcomes and misguided policy recommendations, as only some characteristics of moral decision-making are considered. Machine learning (ML) is recently gaining interest in the field of discrete choice modelling. This paper explores the potential of combining DCMs and ML to study moral decision-making more accurately and better inform policy deci…

  • Health and disease as practical concepts

    Open AccessRik van der Linden, Maartje H N SchermerARTICLEMedicine Health Care and Philosophy2022

    Despite the longstanding debate on definitions of health and disease concepts, and the multitude of accounts that have been developed, no consensus has been reached. This is problematic, as the way we define health and disease has far-reaching practical consequences. In recent contributions it is proposed to view health and disease as practical- and plural concepts. Instead of searching for a general definition, it is proposed to stipulate contex…

  • Forensic practitioners’ expectations and moral views regarding neurobiological interventions in offenders with mental disorders

    Open AccessJohann Specker, Farah Focquaert et al.ARTICLEBioSocieties2018

    Neurobiological and behavioural genetic research gives rise to speculations about potential biomedical interventions to prevent, contain, or treat violent and antisocial behaviour. These developments have stirred considerable ethical debate on the prospects, threats, and limitations of integrating neurobiological and behavioural genetic interventions in forensic psychiatric practices, yet little is known about how forensic practitioners perceive …

  • The Mind and the Machine. On the Conceptual and Moral Implications of Brain-Machine Interaction

    Open AccessMaartje H N SchermerARTICLENanoEthics2009Cited by: 5References: 2

    Brain-machine interfaces are a growing field of research and application. The increasing possibilities to connect the human brain to electronic devices and computer software can be put to use in medicine, the military, and entertainment. Concrete technologies include cochlear implants, Deep Brain Stimulation, neurofeedback and neuroprosthesis. The expectations for the near and further future are high, though it is difficult to separate hope from …

  • Ethics in Technological Culture

    Open AccessJozef Keulartz, Maartje H N Schermer et al.ARTICLEScience Technology & Human Values2004Cited by: 18References: 27

    Neither traditional philosophy nor current applied ethics seem able to cope adequately with the highly dynamic character of our modern technological culture. This is because they have insufficient insight into the moral significance of technological artifacts and systems. Here, much can be learned from recent science and technology studies (STS). They have opened up the black box of technological developments and have revealed the intimate intert…