1. Health care and economy

• Priorisation
• Justice in the allocation of resources
• Nursing and economy
• Diakonie services and economy

2. Palliative medicine and terminal care

• Advance directive
• Withdrawal of therapy
• Death and dying
• Palliative care and hospice

3. Human genetics and biotechnology

• Prenatal and pre-implantation diagnostics
• Assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
• Genetic tests and genetic screening
• Genetic consultation
• Medicine by request and genetic enhancement
• Embryonic research
• Transplantation
   

4. Ethics consultation in hospitals and nursing homes

• Health Care Ethics Committees (HECs)
• Ethics and pastoral care
• Ethics in paediatrics

In the four thematic topics we address the issues of health, illness and disablement, body and mind, faith and spirituality, as well as medicine and technology.