doc. ThDr. Ing. Inocent-Mária V. Szaniszló, Ph.D.

doc. ThDr. Ing. Inocent-Mária V. Szaniszló, Ph.D.

Author Works in the field of general and special theological ethics, as well as political philosophy and was named the best expert assistant at the Faculty of Theology in Kosice in 2008 and the best associate professor in 2009 and 2010 for his scientific outcomes. He works with Prof. Matthias Vogt from College Zittau-Goerlitz on the projects Cultural Management of Churches and in two networks of CEEPUS: bioethical network ACEBE of Prof. Sigrid Mueller (association of bioethics specialists for central and eastern Europe located in Vienna at the Institute of Systematic Theology of the Vienna University) as well as social-ethical network of Prof. Ingebor Gabriel at the same University. At the same time he gives lectures in bioethics at the Specialized College of St. Paul at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Benedek Elek West-Hungarian University in Sopron (also the Erasmus program) for 2 years and cooperates with colleague Prof. W. Schaupp in Austrian Graz in formation of Ph.D. students in the field of moral theology.

Finding Proper Ethics of the Biomedical Research for a Better Basis of the Relationship between a Physician and a Patient with regards to Requirements of Modern Science and Technology

Medical activities, which are connected to biological interventions in human organism for curative purposes or in the interest of optimal (or at least normal – in case of restitution interventions) functioning of its psychological and somatic functions, are one of the practical fields of interest of the Ethical Theory. These theories can shortly be referred to as Bioethics. This young field of scientific guidance to research is developing at such a fast pace, because of the fast development of biotechnology and the possibilities to use it, that ethics can barely keep pace in evaluating the means of contemporary biomedicine. Thanks to this development, biomedical interventions, which allow manipulation with the “deficiencies of nature” in an unprecedented way, are possible. Questions arise with regards to not only the possibilities, but also with regards to intentions which lead to discovering these possibilities. Therefore, we would like to look at the experience of several experts in the field of ethics and biomedical research, who are trying to find the possibilities and boundaries of biomedical research and ethical means of evaluation of the acts of physicians, with better understanding of the goal of medical care on one hand and the view of the relation between a physician and a patient in the whole social context of healthcare in a modern society on the other hand.

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doc. ThDr. Ing. Inocent-Mária V. Szaniszló, Ph.D.
Inštitút aplikovanej etiky prof. Alexandra Spesza
pri Teologickej fakulte Katolíckej univerzity Ružomberok v Košiciach
Hlavná 89
041 21 Košice
E: vladimir.szaniszlo(at)ku.sk
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