Dominik Gross

Dominik Gross is a German bioethicist and historian of medicine. He is Professor and Director of the Institute of History, Theory and Ethics in Medicine at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany.^[1]

Gross studied dentistry and medicine at Saarland University and the University of Ulm (State Exam in Dentistry 1989, Dr. med. dent. 1991; State Medical Exam 2000, Dr. med. 2001) as well as history, philosophy and archeology at Saarland University (M.A. 1990, Dr. phil. 1993). After completing his habilitation thesis in history, theory and ethics of medicine at the University of Wurzburg, Bavaria, he worked as a lecturer at the Universities of Wurzburg, Ratisbon and Ulm. In June 2005 he was appointed full professor of History, Theory and Ethics in Medicine at the RWTH Aachen. Since October 2005 he is director of the Institute of History, Theory and Ethics in Medicine of the same university. Besides, he is visiting professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

He is a member of the Ethics Group of the IDEA League^[2] and editor of different book series at Lit Publishers, Muenster, London, New York, (“Anthropina”,^[3] “Medizin und Nationalsozialismus”^[4]) and at Campus, Frankfurt, New York (“Todesbilder”^[5]).

Gross is the author of more than 200 articles and books. He is member of the advisory board of several bioethical and medicohistorian journals (e.g. “Medicine Studies. International Journal for the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine & Allied Sciences”, Springer;^[6] “Sudhoffs Archiv – Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftsgeschichte”,^[7] Franz Steiner; “Ethik in der Medizin”, Springer).

Gross’ work has won several awards and prizes, including a research Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (1996–1998), the Scientific Award of the Maiwald-Foundation (1999), the Joseph Schneider Award of the Medical Faculty of the University of Wurzburg (2002) and the Scultetus Award of the Scultetus Society in Ulm (2004).^[8]

Gross’ main fields of research are professionalization in healthcare, medicine in the 20th century, historical thanatology, medical technology assessment, stigmatization in medicine, dental ethics, neuroethics and chimeras.

In 2010, he was appointed as a member of the „National AIDS Advisory Council“ („Nationaler AIDS-Beirat“), an official advisory board of the Federal Ministry of Health.^[9]

Bibliography

Books

• Gross, Dominik (1999). Die Aufhebung des Wundarztberufs. Stuttgart: Steiner.
• Gross, Dominik (2002). Ethik in der Zahnheilkund. Wurzburg: Koenigshausen & Neumann.
• Gross, Dominik (2002). Dictionary of Dentistry and Dental Technology, Volume 1. Munich: Neuer Merkur. (German & English)
• Gross, Dominik (2002). Dictionary of Dentistry and Dental Technology, Volume 2. Munich: Neuer Merkur. (French & Spain)
• Gross, Dominik; Müller, Sabine (2007). Sind die Gedanken frei? Die Neurowissenschaften in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Berlin: MWV.
• Gross, Dominik; Jakobs, Eva-Maria (2007). E-Health und technisierte Medizin. Neue Herausforderungen im Gesundheitswesen. Muenster: Lit.
• Gross, Dominik; Müller, Sabine (2008). Normal - anders - krank?. Berlin: MWV.
• Gross, Dominik; Winckelmann, Hans Joachim (2008). Medizin im 20. Jahrhundert. Munich: Reed Business Information.
• Gross, Dominik; Westermann, Stefanie; Kühl, Richard (2009). Medizin im Dienst der "Erbgesundheit". Beiträge zur Geschichte der Eugenik und "Rassenhygiene" (= Medizin und Nationalsozialismus, 1). Muenster: Lit.
• Gross, Dominik; Grande, Jasmin (2010). Objekt Leiche. Technisierung, Ökonomisierung und Inszenierung toter Körper (= Todesbilder, 1). Frankfurt: Campus.
• Gross, Dominik; Tag, Brigitte; Schweikardt, Christoph (2011). Who wants to live forever?. Frankfurt: Campus.

Chapters in books

• Gross, Dominik (2009), "EMEA: Transgenic goat producing human antithrombin. Ethical Consideration", in Taupitz, Jochen; Weschka, Marion, CHIMBRIDS - Chimeras and Hybrids in Comparative European and International Research, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, pp. 320–323
• Gross, Dominik (2009), "O'Doherty: Mouse with human chromosome. Ethical Consideration", in Taupitz, Jochen; Weschka, Marion, CHIMBRIDS - Chimeras and Hybrids in Comparative European and International Research, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, pp. 356–360
• Gross, Dominik (2009), "Fehilly: Human-animal embryo mixing. Ethical Consideration", in Taupitz, Jochen; Weschka, Marion, CHIMBRIDS - Chimeras and Hybrids in Comparative European and International Research, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, pp. 381–384
• Gross, Dominik; Laryionava, Katsiaryna; Kreucher, Sabrina (2010), "Telemedical Applications in Implantable Devices: Ethical and Social Issues", in Groß, Dominik; Gründer, Gerhard; Simonovic, Vasilja, Akzeptanz, Nutzungsbarrieren und ethische Implikationen neuer Medizintechnologien, Kassel: Kassel University Press, pp. 57–62
• Gross, Dominik; Laryionava, Katsiaryna (2010), "Ethical Boundaries of Medical Bioenineering", Interdisciplinary Forums 1, p. 3
• Gross, Dominik; Laryionava, Katsiaryna; Kreucher, Sabrina (2010), "Telemedicine Applications in Bodyrelated Technologies: Ethical issues", Med@Tel. Global Telemedicine and eHealth Updates (= Knowledge Resources, 3), Luxembourg, pp. 40–45
• Gross, Dominik (2010), "Traditional vs. Modern Neuroenhancement. Notes from a medico-ethical and societal perspective", in Fangerau, Heiner; Trapp, Thorsten, Implanted Mind (= Science Studies), Bielefeld, pp. 137–157
• Gross, Dominik; Brukamp, Kirsten (2012), "Neuroenhancement - A Controversial Topic in Contemporary Medical Ethics", in Clark, Peter A., Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, Rijeka, pp. 39–50
• Gross, Dominik; Laryionava, Katsiaryna; Kreucher, Sabrina (2011), "Physician Perspectives on Telemedicine in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services", in Brukamp, Kirsten; Laryionava, Katsiaryna; Groß, Dominik, Technisierte Medizin - Dehumanisierte Medizin? Ethische, rechtliche und soziale Aspekte neuer Medizintechnologien (= Medizin - Technik - Ethik, 1), pp. 27–32
• Gross, Dominik; Bzdok, Danilo; Eickhoff, Simon B. (2015), "The Neurobiology of Moral Cognition: Relation to theory of Mind, empathy, and Mind-Wandering", in Clausen, Jens; Levy, Neil, Handbook of Neuroethics, 1, pp. 127–148

Journal articles

• Gross, Dominik (1998). "Marriage Strategies, Social prestige and Property of Barber-Surgeons in 19th-century Württemberg: An Evaluation of Marriage- and Probate Inventories". Historical Social Research. 23 (4): 94–108.
• Gross, Dominik (2009). "Blessing or Curse? Nonpharmacological Neurocognitive Enhancement". Medicine Studies. International Journal for the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine & Allied Sciences. 1 (4): 379–391.
• Gross, Dominik; Schäfer, Gereon (2011). "100th Anniversary of the death of Ricketts: Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871–1910). The namesake of the Rickettsiae family". Microbes and Infection. 13 (1): 10–13. doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2010.09.008.
• Gross, Dominik; Rosentreter, Michael; Schäfer, Gereon (2011). "Pilot project "Patient Safety" in Medical Education". GMS – Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung. 28 (1): 1–11.
• Gross, Dominik; Schäfer, Gereon (2011). "Egas Moniz (1874–1955) and the "Invention" of Modern Psychosurgery. A Historical and Ethical Re-analysis under Special Consideration of Portuguese Original Sources". Neurosurgical Focus. 30 (2): 1–7.
• Gross, Dominik; Laryionava, Katsiaryna (2011). "Public Understanding of Neural Prosthetics in Germany: Ethical, Social, and Cultural Challenges". Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics International Issue. 20 (3): 434–439. doi:10.1017/s0963180111000119.
• Gross, Dominik; Schäfer, Gereon (March–April 2011). ""Feminization" in German dentistry. Career paths and opportunities — A gender comparison". Women's Studies International Forum. Elsevier. 34 (2): 130–139. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2010.12.003.
• Gross, Dominik; Schweikardt, Christoph (2012). "Mobile phone health risk policy in Germany: The role of the federal government and the Federal Office for Radiation Protection". Global Public Health. 7 (5): 535–549. doi:10.1080/17441692.2011.614626.
• Gross, Dominik; Laryionava, Katsiaryna (2012). "Deus Ex Machina or E-Slave? Public Perception of Healthcare Robotics in the German Print Media". International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 28 (3): 265–270. doi:10.1017/s0266462312000293.
• Gross, Dominik; Schweikardt, Christoph; Rosentreter, Michael (2012). "Discourse and Policy-Making on Consumer Protection in the Areas of Mobile Telecommunication and Tanning, Communication and Medicine". Communication & Medicine. 9 (1): 25–36. doi:10.1558/cam.v9i1.59.
• Gross, Dominik; Maier, Andrea; Ernst, Jean-Philippe; Müller, Sabine; Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate; Zepf, Florian; Hagenah, Ulrich (2014). "Self-Perceived Stigmatization in female patients with anorexia nervosa. Results from an explorative retrospective pilot study of adolescents". Psychopathology. 47 (2): 127–132. doi:10.1159/000350505.
• Gross, Dominik; Kaiser, Stephanie; Raschke, Jürgen; Lohmeier, Jens; Rosentreter, Michael (5 February 2014). "Attitudes and Acceptance towards the Technology of Cryonics in Germany". International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 30: 1–7. doi:10.1017/s0266462313000718.
• Gross, Dominik; Söderfeldt, Yiva (2014). "Information, Consent and Treatment of Patients with Morgellons Disease: An Ethical Perspective". American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. 15 (2): 71–76. doi:10.1007/s40257-014-0071-y.
• Gross, Dominik; Schmidt, Mathias; Winzen, Tina (January 2015). "The SS x-ray unit as an Instrument for "Total Registration" and "Race Selection"". Journal of Radiation Oncology. Springer. 191: 130–139. doi:10.1007/s00066-014-0804-0.
• Gross, Dominik; Kaiser, Stephanie (2015). "Anatomy in Cologne - Institutional development and body supply from the Weimar Republic to the early post-war period". Annals of Anatomy. 197: 15–23. doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2015.01.002.
• Gross, Dominik; Lohmeier, Jens; Raschke, Jürgen; Kaiser, Stephanie; Rosentreter, Michael (2015). "Social Profile and Attitudes of Cryonics Advocates and Deniers in Germany: A Representative Study". Mortality - Promoting the Interdisciplinary Study of Death and Dying. 20: 263–279. doi:10.1080/13576275.2014.996210.

Other

• Gross, Dominik; George, Andrew; wan den Hoven, Jereon; Hampe, Michael (November 2006). "The IDEA League's Statement on Ethics".

References

1. "Zur Person" (in German). RWTH. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
2. http://www.idealeague.org/about/docs/ethicstatement
3. http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/abgtem
4. http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/medns
5. http://www.campus.de/autoren/dominik_gross-3958.html
6. http://www.springer.com/philosophy/epistemology+and+philosophy+of+science/journal/12376?detailsPage=editorialBoard
7. http://www.steiner-verlag.de/programm/zeitschriften/sudhoffs-archiv/herausgeber.html
8. http://www.uni-protokolle.de/nachrichten/id/91268/
9. http://www.bmg.bund.de/ministerium/presse/pressemitteilungen/2013-03/nab-neu-berufen.html

• Das Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin an der RWTH Aachen : Personen, Projekte, Perspektiven ; Jahresbericht 2009, Aachen 2010.

External links

• Dominik Groß at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
• Institute for History, Theory and Ethics in Medicine Aachen
• Forum Technik und Gesellschaft
• Medizinische Gesellschaft Aachen
• Aachener Kompetenzzentrum für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
• Klinisches Ethik-Komitee des Universitätsklinikums Aachen