Werner Vogt (doctor)

Werner Vogt (born February 3, 1938 in Zams , Landeck ) is a retired Austrian surgeon , author , social and health reformer .

Life

Vogt, initially a teacher, then studied medicine, and from 1969 to 2000 worked as a trauma surgeon at the Lorenz Böhler trauma hospital in Vienna. He also worked as a doctor in Nicaragua , Temesvár and Kosovo .

His commitment to medicine was evident in the founding of the Critical Medicine Working Group in Vienna and as a co-initiator of the popular initiative for the welfare state of Austria .

Vogt became known throughout Austria through his disputes with Heinrich Gross , which led to legal proceedings. This resulted in the rehabilitation of victims like Friedrich Zawrel , a survivor of Nazi euthanasia and child euthanasia at Am Spiegelgrund in Vienna.

In 2003, Vogt was appointed a nursing ombudsman by city councilor Elisabeth Pittermann . In the course of disputes that the nursing ombudsman should be an expert in nursing science , his function was terminated by City Councilor Renate Brauner in 2006 and the agenda was reduced to the already existing patient advocacy. Vogt continued his commitment as a care ombudsman in the Ministry of Social Affairs for another two years .

Publications

• Euthanasia and Court Appraisers, Two Ways to Use Violence Against People , Article.
• with Michael Lewin (Ed.): Arm. Ill. Dead. Arguments for a non-violent hospital , European publishing house Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-203-51089-8 .
• Inhale - Exhale: The Abnormality as Norm , Europaverlag Wien 1991, ISBN 3-203-51122-3 .
• Medical criticism hostility - a hard-won quality , article, Between the Worlds, Vienna 1996.
• Journey into the world of geriatric care: A critical diary , Edition Steinbauer, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-902494-02-6 .
• My doctor novel. A life report , Edition Steinbauer, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-902494-53-5 .

Awards

• 2000: Friedrich Torberg Medal
• 2013: Gold medal from the Medical Association for Vienna
• 2019: Austrian League for Human Rights - Lifetime Achievement Award

Artistic exploration

Elisabeth Scharang : Mein Mörder , 2005 (film based on the story of Friedrich Zawrel, who was saved by Vogt .)

Web links

• Literature by and about Werner Vogt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Nadja Kwapil: If in doubt, against it. From the time 50/2013
• Archive recordings with Werner Vogt in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mein Arztroman [see publications], p. 316.
2. ↑ Online appearance of the Volksbegehren welfare state Austria ( memento of the original from May 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Werner Vogt's corner 
3. ↑ Online appearance of the Volksbegehren welfare state Austria ( memento of the original from March 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Werner Vogt: The essence and nuisance of Austrian health policy. Reality and Visions , PDF 31KB. 
4. ↑ Christian Mayr: An uncomfortable person has to go - of course I leave in anger. Wiener Zeitung , December 27, 2006, accessed on March 15, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Online presence of Pflegeombudsmann.AT The Viennese patient advocacy and the Viennese nursing ombudsman office are organizationally combined.
6. ↑ City of Vienna ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Vienna nursing and patient advocacy 
7. ↑ Werner Vogt, Mein Arztroman (see publications), p. 310 f.
8. ↑ ORF Ö1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Radio doctor: lobby for nursing patients - nursing ombudsman in office since autumn 2003 - short biography of Werner Vogt  
9. ↑ Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien awards the Friedrich Torberg Medal APA / OTS on November 27 , 2000.
10. ^ Heinrich Gross & Co .: Medical Association honors former investigators , press release of the Vienna Medical Association, November 21, 2013, accessed on November 22, 2013.
11. ↑ SOS fellow spokesman Pollak receives Human Rights Award 2019. In: ORF.at . December 6, 2019, accessed December 8, 2019 .