Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling

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Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling (born February 6, 1927 in Berlin-Schöneberg ; † January 31, 2019 in Erlangen ) was a German forensic doctor and expert on bioethical issues. He was married to Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz until his death . His father was the first Federal Family Minister in Germany, Franz-Josef Wuermeling (Cabinet Adenauer II , III , IV ).

Life

Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling studied medicine in Tübingen and Marburg. There he received his doctorate in 1952. He completed his assistantship in Marburg and Freiburg. After his habilitation in 1956, he was appointed senior assistant and then professor. In 1973 he was appointed head of the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , where he was until his retirement in 1995.

Wuermeling mainly worked in alcohol psychology and traffic accident reconstruction as well as on professional law and bioethical issues such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) or living wills.

In 2009, Wuermeling was the first to sign the Marburg Declaration “For freedom and self-determination - against totalitarian efforts by lesbian and gay associations” .

In 2012 Wuermeling was awarded the Paracelsus Medal , the highest honor awarded by the German medical profession.

Honorary positions

From 1982 to 1986 he was Vice President in the self-administration of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and from 1986 to 1988 President of the Academy for Ethics in Medicine .

Hans Bernhard Wuermeling acted in an advisory capacity on many committees. These include the scientific advisory board of the German Medical Association and the AIDS advisory board of the federal government. Wuermeling chaired the ethics committee of the Bavarian State Medical Association. He was a member of the scientific advisory board of the German Institute for Youth and Society (DIJG) and the scientific advisory board of the European Academy for Culture and Society .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling: Obituary notice: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling on his 80th birthday. In: currently no. 19/2007. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , February 1, 2007, accessed on April 30, 2010 (( alternative link )).
  3. ↑ Wuermeling, Hans-Bernhard: The medical problem of in-vitro-fertilization (IVF). (PDF; 22 kB) December 11, 2001, archived from the original on July 9, 2010 ; Retrieved April 30, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Wuermeling, Hans-Bernhard et alii: Living wills , appointing a person of trust, health care proxy and care decree - legal aids in borderline situations in the doctor-patient relationship. (PDF; 203 kB) Accessed April 30, 2010 .
  5. ^ Initiative “Initiative for Freedom and Self-Determination”: Marburg Declaration. (PDF) In: Medrum. Kurt J. Heinz, April 19, 2009, archived from the original on July 6, 2010 ; Retrieved on July 6, 2010 (with selection of first-time signatories).
  6. ^ Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling: Adviser in border questions. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . Vol. 109 (2012), H. 21, S. A-1101 ( online ).
  7. ↑ The German Institute for Youth and Society has a scientific advisory board. German Institute for Youth and Society , January 2010, accessed on April 29, 2010 .
  8. ↑ Director / Board of Directors / Scientific Advisory Board / Honorary Members. European Academy of Culture and Society, archived from the original on March 1, 2012 ; Retrieved April 30, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Wuermeling, Hans-Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forensic doctor and expert on bioethical issues
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Schöneberg
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2019
Place of death gain