Clinical Ethics Committee

The Clinical Ethics Committee (KEK) been in place at RWTH Aachen University Hospital since mid-2008. Due to the many treatment options offered by modern medicine, treatment teams, patients and relatives are increasingly faced with difficult ethical conflicts and dilemmas. In these cases, the CEC offers its help. It serves as a point of contact for employees of the hospital as well as patients and their representatives. The CEC offers staff the opportunity to obtain guidance for their own decisions. The CEC gives patients the certainty that ethical issues are taken seriously at RWTH Aachen University Hospital; at the same time, the patient perspective is to be strengthened in ethically challenging decisions in clinical care.

The three tasks of the CEC include

  1. clinical ethics consultation (case consultation)
  2. further education and training on medical ethics issues
  3. development of ethical guidelines (on request)
     

A case consultation is usually carried out by at least three members of the CEC who have received further training in the field of clinical ethics consultation. The members of the CEC are available for consultation at short notice in the event of acute inquiries from the hospital. The task of clinical ethics consultation is to support decision-making in difficult clinical situations. The CEC strives to reach a consensus between all parties involved. Important: The final decision and the associated responsibility remain with the treatment team and the patients or their representatives and relatives.
 

Chairman
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Dr. phil. Dominik Groß
Phone: 0241 80-88095

Deputy Chairman
Prof. Dr. med. Gernot Marx, FRCA

Second Deputy Chairman 
Prof. Dr. med. Roman Rolke

Managing Director
Dr. rer. medic. Saskia Wilhelmy, M.A.
Tel.: 0241 80-85611 (DECT: 35514)

Postal address

University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Clinical Ethics Committee (KEK)
Dr. rer. medic. Saskia Wilhelmy, M.A.
Wendlingweg 2, MTI II, 1st floor, R. 113
52074 Aachen

Office hours

You can reach the Clinical Ethics Committee (KEK) of the University Hospital RWTH Aachen from
Monday to Thursday: 9:00-17:00
under the telephone number 0241 80-85611 (alternatively DECT 35514)