Florian Steger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5532709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florian Steger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florian |
| FAMILY NAME | Steger |
| SIGNATURE | STEGER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Ulm |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8108-1591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Denial of access to sexual and reproductive health services in Europe: An analysis of cases from the European court of human rights (1976–2023)
In June 2021, the European Parliament agreed to ensure universal and adequate access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care and to promote SRH education in all European Member States, in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights. The aim of this research was to systematically pursue a qualitative analysis of applications concerning the denial of access to SRH services which have been brought before the European Co…
Venereological practice and the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer (patronage for the protection of women) in Catalonia during the Franco Dictatorship (1939–1975)
Background Since early modern times, people suffering from venereal diseases have been subject to social stigmatization. In the German Democratic Republic and in other socialist dictatorships, young women who did not conform to the regime’s ideology had to undergo medically unnecessary venereological treatments. At the beginning of the Franco Dictatorship in Spain (1939–1975), the Patronato de Protección a la mujer (Patronage for the Protection o…
To Discipline or to Cure? Medical Authority and the Ethics of Care in the German Democratic Republic, 1960s–1980s
The remand prison of the East German Ministry of State Security in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen was the central prison of the East German secret service. It was mainly used for the investigation of political offences. In 1960, a hospital was established in the remand prison, whose doctors, according to former inmates, abused their medical authority in the interests of the secret service. While the broader history of the prison and its investigative pr…
The significance of clinical foetal autopsy for reproductive health care: An ethical analysis in the German context
The clinical autopsy of foetuses, stillborn babies, or neonates and the examination of the placenta help to inform the mother’s decision-making and her medical care for subsequent pregnancies. Indeed, these post-mortem examinations can identify unexpected congenital malformations or the cause of repeated miscarriage or stillbirth. However, the use of clinical pathology for diagnostic purposes in the context of family planning for bereaved parents…
Adolescents’ life between violence and discipline. Medical care in the “Jugendhäuser” juvenile detention centers in East Germany in the 1960s–1980s
Background: In 1952-1989, special juvenile detention centers, called Jugendhäuser, were established in the German Democratic Republic. There, juvenile delinquents had to not only complete their sentences, but they were also supposed to be re-educated into conscious socialist personalities through a system of collective education proposed by Soviet pedagogue Anton Makarenko. Among twelve Jugendhäuser in East Germany, the ones in Halle and Dessau w…
Paediatric systemic inflammatory response syndrome (Sirs) and the development of patient-specific therapy: Ethical perspectives through experts’ opinions
Background: Research for personalised therapies concerning the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in children involves the utilisation of OMICS technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Methods: To identify specific ethical challenges through the perspective of healthcare professionals, we conducted 10 semi-structured interviews. The development of interview questions for the interviews was preceded by a systematic review of the …
Psychiatrists as forensic authorities: Evaluation of dangerous habitual offenders in West Germany during the 1960s – the Helmut Hoinka case
Challenges to Hoinka's criminological prognosis were the experts' personal biases, their belief in the theory of genetic predisposition to crime, the lack of clear criteria for antisocial personality disorder, and the absence of forensic recommendations for "psychopathic" criminals. The experts' opinion on Hoinka's criminal predisposition was crucial to the imposition of the sentence
Discrimination experiences of transgender individuals in healthcare: An interview study on the perspective of health professionals specializing in the treatment of transgender individuals
We were able to identify specific topics that can cause discrimination experiences on the part of transgender individuals in their contact with trans-specialists. These include the vagueness of the construct of gender identity and the ambivalence between respect for the autonomy of transgender individuals and the validation of the diagnosis "transsexuality". Also, uncertainties regarding the classification of transsexuality as a mental illness ca…
Access to healthcare for disabled individuals: An analysis of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an ethical perspective
Introduction: Individuals with disabilities (ID) suffer from restricted access to healthcare. This contributes to their poorer health status and constitutes an ethical challenge. The aim of this research was to systematically analyze judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to illustrate examples of restricted access to healthcare for ID. Methods: = 55 were included in the analysis. A descriptive statistic was performed on Articles…
Diversity awareness, diversity competency and access to healthcare for minority groups: Perspectives of healthcare professionals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia
Introduction: Due to cultural, language, or legal barriers, members of social minority groups face challenges in access to healthcare. Equality of healthcare provision can be achieved through raised diversity awareness and diversity competency of healthcare professionals. The aim of this research was to explore the experiences and attitudes of healthcare professionals toward the issue of social diversity and equal access to healthcare in Croatia,…
Voluntariness or legal obligation? An ethical analysis of two instruments for fairer global access to Covid-19 vaccines
Introduction: There is currently no binding, internationally accepted and successful approach to ensure global equitable access to healthcare during a pandemic. The aim of this ethical analysis is to bring into the discussion a legally regulated vaccine allocation as a possible strategy for equitable global access to vaccines. We focus our analysis on COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) and an existing EU regulation that, after adjustment, co…
Access to healthcare for people living with HIV: An analysis of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an ethical perspective
Introduction Although HIV has been part of our reality for over 30 years, people living with HIV (PLHIV) still experience restrictions regarding their access to healthcare. This poses a significant ethical problem, especially as it endangers achieving the goal of ending the HIV epidemic worldwide. The aim of this paper is to analyze the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding cases where PLHIV experienced restrictions on t…
Years of the first ethics commission in Germany: The Ulm Ethics Commission in an international perspective
Background: The creation of the legal framework to recognize rights of patients and participants in clinical trials began in Germany in the 19th century. However, the ethical review of medical research in terms of the protection of rights and welfare of human subjects has only become a widespread practice since the establishment of ethics commissions. The first ethics commissions emerged at the universities under the influence of the German Resea…
Politicization of psychiatry and the improvement of ethical standards in the 1970s
The international policy of détente of the time as well as collisions between different medical concepts and ethical dimensions did not allow Western psychiatrists to condemn cases of politicization of psychiatry without proir clarification of the situation. The efforts of the World Psychiatric Association in the ethical field improved the ethical standards for psychiatry
Why do transgender individuals experience discrimination in healthcare and thereby limited access to healthcare? An interview study exploring the perspective of German transgender individuals
German transgender individuals have a very differentiated picture regarding their subjective reasons for experiencing discrimination in healthcare. Overall, disrespect regarding gender identity and a confrontation with foreignness seems to be seen as the decisive factor. Thus, it is not enough to focus only on measures that aim to remedy the information deficit on the part of medical providers. Measures must be taken that can create a granting an…
Explicability of artificial intelligence in radiology: Is a fifth bioethical principle conceptually necessary
Recent years have witnessed intensive efforts to specify which requirements ethical artificial intelligence (AI) must meet. General guidelines for ethical AI consider a varying number of principles important. A frequent novel element in these guidelines, that we have bundled together under the term explicability, aims to reduce the black‐box character of machine learning algorithms. The centrality of this element invites reflection on the concept…
Features of Social Behavior and the Awareness of Moscow Residents about Covid-19 at the Beginning of the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has raised serious questions about the need to properly inform residents of large cities about the rules of hygiene, behavior in self-isolation, and maintaining health. This study aimed to identify in more detail the sources of information and to assess the levels of awareness and knowledge of the inhabitants of a typical metropolis about coronavirus infection to further search for ways to improve health information durin…
Restriction of Access to Healthcare and Discrimination of Individuals of Sexual and Gender Minority: An Analysis of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an Ethical Perspective
Individuals of sexual and gender minority (SGM) form a vulnerable group with specific healthcare needs that might be prone to experience discrimination and restrictions regarding their access to healthcare. As the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) offer a normative perspective on these issues, we analyzed them systematically (1) to identify whether and in what manner ECtHR's judgments concern restriction of access to healthc…
Fetal Development in Anatomical Preparations of Ruysch and the Meckels in Comparison
Anatomical collections have been used for centuries for research and teaching purposes. By the example of selected preparations of fetal development from the Ruysch collection (17th-18th centuries) and the Meckel collections (18th-19th century), this article aims to trace the changing purposes, specifics and methods of creating specimens as well as the development of anatomy during that period. The selected specimens are compared and analyzed imp…
Schizophrenia, human rights and access to health care: A systematic search and review of judgements by the European Court of Human Rights
BACKGROUND: Persons with schizophrenia are vulnerable regarding human rights violations. AIMS: The aim of this research is to systematically analyse judgements by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) involving persons with schizophrenia. METHODS: A systematic search of judgements by the ECtHR, using the search term 'schizophrenia'. Descriptive statistics and a qualitative thematic analysis were performed. RESULTS: = 29 countries. Article 5 …
Dioskurides, Pedanios
Zeitgenosse von Plinius dem Älteren; befreundet mit dem Arzt und Kollegen Areios aus Tarsos; dort vermutlich Studium der Medizin; wohl zeitweilig Militärarzt unter Claudius und Nero; Materialsammlung auf ausgedehnten Reisen; bedeutendster pharmazeutischer Schriftsteller des Altertums.
Medical Students’ Acquaintance with Core Concepts, Institutions and Guidelines on Good Scientific Practice: A Pre- and Post-questionnaire Survey
German medical students are not sufficiently introduced to the ethical principles and pitfalls of scientific work. Therefore, a compulsory course on good scientific practice (GSP) has been developed and implemented into the curriculum of medical students, with the goal to foster scientific integrity and prevent scientific misconduct. Students’ knowledge and attitudes towards GSP were evaluated by a pre-post-teaching questionnaire survey (n = 239)…
Social diversity and access to healthcare in Europe: How does European Union’s legislation prevent from discrimination in healthcare
Our study shows that EU antidiscriminatory law with regard to access to healthcare is fragmentary. Prohibition of discrimination of the level of European binding law does not fully encompass all aspects of social diversity
Impotence and the Natural Explanation of Bewitchment: Wolfgang Reichart’s Medical Case Report on the Loss of “potentia coeundi”
Wolfgang Reichart (1486-c. 1547) was a humanist and a town physician of Ulm. His work consists of a largely unpublished collection of nearly 600 texts . So far, it has been claimed that this compilation only consists of letters and poems. However, we have found a medical treatise, wherein Reichart discusses a case of impotence, its pathophysiology and therapy. One of the crucial aspects in this text is the relationship it describes between witchc…
In Praise of Asclepius: Aelius Aristides, Selected Prose Hymns
In the middle decades of the second century AD the acclaimed orator Aelius Aristides wrote a number of prose hymns to traditional Greek gods and thereby demonstrated that the cults of these gods had not yet become obsolete and were more than just a topic of backward-looking paideia. This volume presents four of these texts, specifically those that focus on the god of healing, Asclepius, together with a new edition of the Greek text, a new English…
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Rezension: Grenzgänge zwischen Wahn und Wissen von Torsten Hahn, Jutta Person und Nicolas Pethes
Traumatisierung durch politisierte Medizin: Geschlossene Venerologische Stationen in der DDR
Scroll down to open individual chapters In der DDR kam es zu Zwangseinweisungen von Mädchen und Frauen ab dem zwölften Lebensjahr in geschlossene Venerologische Stationen. Die medizinischen Behandlungen und der Aufenthalt in den Stationen führten zu schweren Traumatisierungen der Zwangseingewiesenen. Allein der Verdacht auf eine Geschlechtskrankheit oder eine Denunziation reichten aus, um von der Polizei oder der Heimleitung auf eine solche Stati…
In Praise of Asclepius: Aelius Aristides, Selected Prose Hymns
In the middle decades of the second century AD the acclaimed orator Aelius Aristides wrote a number of prose hymns to traditional Greek gods and thereby demonstrated that the cults of these gods had not yet become obsolete and were more than just a topic of backward-looking paideia. This volume presents four of these texts, specifically those that focus on the god of healing, Asclepius, together with a new edition of the Greek text, a new English…
Dioskurides, Pedanios
Zeitgenosse von Plinius dem Älteren; befreundet mit dem Arzt und Kollegen Areios aus Tarsos; dort vermutlich Studium der Medizin; wohl zeitweilig Militärarzt unter Claudius und Nero; Materialsammlung auf ausgedehnten Reisen; bedeutendster pharmazeutischer Schriftsteller des Altertums.
Medical Students’ Acquaintance with Core Concepts, Institutions and Guidelines on Good Scientific Practice: A Pre- and Post-questionnaire Survey
German medical students are not sufficiently introduced to the ethical principles and pitfalls of scientific work. Therefore, a compulsory course on good scientific practice (GSP) has been developed and implemented into the curriculum of medical students, with the goal to foster scientific integrity and prevent scientific misconduct. Students’ knowledge and attitudes towards GSP were evaluated by a pre-post-teaching questionnaire survey (n = 239)…
Social diversity and access to healthcare in Europe: How does European Union’s legislation prevent from discrimination in healthcare
Our study shows that EU antidiscriminatory law with regard to access to healthcare is fragmentary. Prohibition of discrimination of the level of European binding law does not fully encompass all aspects of social diversity
Impotence and the Natural Explanation of Bewitchment: Wolfgang Reichart’s Medical Case Report on the Loss of “potentia coeundi”
Wolfgang Reichart (1486-c. 1547) was a humanist and a town physician of Ulm. His work consists of a largely unpublished collection of nearly 600 texts . So far, it has been claimed that this compilation only consists of letters and poems. However, we have found a medical treatise, wherein Reichart discusses a case of impotence, its pathophysiology and therapy. One of the crucial aspects in this text is the relationship it describes between witchc…
Schizophrenia, human rights and access to health care: A systematic search and review of judgements by the European Court of Human Rights
BACKGROUND: Persons with schizophrenia are vulnerable regarding human rights violations. AIMS: The aim of this research is to systematically analyse judgements by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) involving persons with schizophrenia. METHODS: A systematic search of judgements by the ECtHR, using the search term 'schizophrenia'. Descriptive statistics and a qualitative thematic analysis were performed. RESULTS: = 29 countries. Article 5 …
Explicability of artificial intelligence in radiology: Is a fifth bioethical principle conceptually necessary
Recent years have witnessed intensive efforts to specify which requirements ethical artificial intelligence (AI) must meet. General guidelines for ethical AI consider a varying number of principles important. A frequent novel element in these guidelines, that we have bundled together under the term explicability, aims to reduce the black‐box character of machine learning algorithms. The centrality of this element invites reflection on the concept…
Features of Social Behavior and the Awareness of Moscow Residents about Covid-19 at the Beginning of the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has raised serious questions about the need to properly inform residents of large cities about the rules of hygiene, behavior in self-isolation, and maintaining health. This study aimed to identify in more detail the sources of information and to assess the levels of awareness and knowledge of the inhabitants of a typical metropolis about coronavirus infection to further search for ways to improve health information durin…
Restriction of Access to Healthcare and Discrimination of Individuals of Sexual and Gender Minority: An Analysis of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an Ethical Perspective
Individuals of sexual and gender minority (SGM) form a vulnerable group with specific healthcare needs that might be prone to experience discrimination and restrictions regarding their access to healthcare. As the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) offer a normative perspective on these issues, we analyzed them systematically (1) to identify whether and in what manner ECtHR's judgments concern restriction of access to healthc…
Fetal Development in Anatomical Preparations of Ruysch and the Meckels in Comparison
Anatomical collections have been used for centuries for research and teaching purposes. By the example of selected preparations of fetal development from the Ruysch collection (17th-18th centuries) and the Meckel collections (18th-19th century), this article aims to trace the changing purposes, specifics and methods of creating specimens as well as the development of anatomy during that period. The selected specimens are compared and analyzed imp…
Access to healthcare for disabled individuals: An analysis of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an ethical perspective
Introduction: Individuals with disabilities (ID) suffer from restricted access to healthcare. This contributes to their poorer health status and constitutes an ethical challenge. The aim of this research was to systematically analyze judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to illustrate examples of restricted access to healthcare for ID. Methods: = 55 were included in the analysis. A descriptive statistic was performed on Articles…
Diversity awareness, diversity competency and access to healthcare for minority groups: Perspectives of healthcare professionals in Croatia, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia
Introduction: Due to cultural, language, or legal barriers, members of social minority groups face challenges in access to healthcare. Equality of healthcare provision can be achieved through raised diversity awareness and diversity competency of healthcare professionals. The aim of this research was to explore the experiences and attitudes of healthcare professionals toward the issue of social diversity and equal access to healthcare in Croatia,…
Voluntariness or legal obligation? An ethical analysis of two instruments for fairer global access to Covid-19 vaccines
Introduction: There is currently no binding, internationally accepted and successful approach to ensure global equitable access to healthcare during a pandemic. The aim of this ethical analysis is to bring into the discussion a legally regulated vaccine allocation as a possible strategy for equitable global access to vaccines. We focus our analysis on COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access) and an existing EU regulation that, after adjustment, co…
Access to healthcare for people living with HIV: An analysis of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights from an ethical perspective
Introduction Although HIV has been part of our reality for over 30 years, people living with HIV (PLHIV) still experience restrictions regarding their access to healthcare. This poses a significant ethical problem, especially as it endangers achieving the goal of ending the HIV epidemic worldwide. The aim of this paper is to analyze the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding cases where PLHIV experienced restrictions on t…
Years of the first ethics commission in Germany: The Ulm Ethics Commission in an international perspective
Background: The creation of the legal framework to recognize rights of patients and participants in clinical trials began in Germany in the 19th century. However, the ethical review of medical research in terms of the protection of rights and welfare of human subjects has only become a widespread practice since the establishment of ethics commissions. The first ethics commissions emerged at the universities under the influence of the German Resea…
Politicization of psychiatry and the improvement of ethical standards in the 1970s
The international policy of détente of the time as well as collisions between different medical concepts and ethical dimensions did not allow Western psychiatrists to condemn cases of politicization of psychiatry without proir clarification of the situation. The efforts of the World Psychiatric Association in the ethical field improved the ethical standards for psychiatry
Why do transgender individuals experience discrimination in healthcare and thereby limited access to healthcare? An interview study exploring the perspective of German transgender individuals
German transgender individuals have a very differentiated picture regarding their subjective reasons for experiencing discrimination in healthcare. Overall, disrespect regarding gender identity and a confrontation with foreignness seems to be seen as the decisive factor. Thus, it is not enough to focus only on measures that aim to remedy the information deficit on the part of medical providers. Measures must be taken that can create a granting an…
Adolescents’ life between violence and discipline. Medical care in the “Jugendhäuser” juvenile detention centers in East Germany in the 1960s–1980s
Background: In 1952-1989, special juvenile detention centers, called Jugendhäuser, were established in the German Democratic Republic. There, juvenile delinquents had to not only complete their sentences, but they were also supposed to be re-educated into conscious socialist personalities through a system of collective education proposed by Soviet pedagogue Anton Makarenko. Among twelve Jugendhäuser in East Germany, the ones in Halle and Dessau w…
Paediatric systemic inflammatory response syndrome (Sirs) and the development of patient-specific therapy: Ethical perspectives through experts’ opinions
Background: Research for personalised therapies concerning the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in children involves the utilisation of OMICS technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Methods: To identify specific ethical challenges through the perspective of healthcare professionals, we conducted 10 semi-structured interviews. The development of interview questions for the interviews was preceded by a systematic review of the …
Psychiatrists as forensic authorities: Evaluation of dangerous habitual offenders in West Germany during the 1960s – the Helmut Hoinka case
Challenges to Hoinka's criminological prognosis were the experts' personal biases, their belief in the theory of genetic predisposition to crime, the lack of clear criteria for antisocial personality disorder, and the absence of forensic recommendations for "psychopathic" criminals. The experts' opinion on Hoinka's criminal predisposition was crucial to the imposition of the sentence
Discrimination experiences of transgender individuals in healthcare: An interview study on the perspective of health professionals specializing in the treatment of transgender individuals
We were able to identify specific topics that can cause discrimination experiences on the part of transgender individuals in their contact with trans-specialists. These include the vagueness of the construct of gender identity and the ambivalence between respect for the autonomy of transgender individuals and the validation of the diagnosis "transsexuality". Also, uncertainties regarding the classification of transsexuality as a mental illness ca…
The significance of clinical foetal autopsy for reproductive health care: An ethical analysis in the German context
The clinical autopsy of foetuses, stillborn babies, or neonates and the examination of the placenta help to inform the mother’s decision-making and her medical care for subsequent pregnancies. Indeed, these post-mortem examinations can identify unexpected congenital malformations or the cause of repeated miscarriage or stillbirth. However, the use of clinical pathology for diagnostic purposes in the context of family planning for bereaved parents…
Denial of access to sexual and reproductive health services in Europe: An analysis of cases from the European court of human rights (1976–2023)
In June 2021, the European Parliament agreed to ensure universal and adequate access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care and to promote SRH education in all European Member States, in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights. The aim of this research was to systematically pursue a qualitative analysis of applications concerning the denial of access to SRH services which have been brought before the European Co…
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