‘God’s Ethicist’: Albert Moll and His Medical Ethics in Theory and Practice

‘God’s Ethicist’: Albert Moll and His Medical Ethics in Theory and Practice

In 1902, Albert Moll, who at that time ran a private practice for nervous diseases in Berlin, published his comprehensive book on medical ethics, Ärztliche Ethik. Based on the concept of a contractual relationship between doctor and client, it gave more room to the self-determination of patients than the contemporary, usually rather paternalistic, works of this genre. In the first part of the p...

Albert Moll Sources and Bibliography

During the research for this project a large number of archives and libraries were consulted which hold material by, or referring to, Albert Moll. The majority of the printed material can be found in libraries in Berlin – Staatsbibliothek Berlin [State Library Berlin], Bibliothek der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin [Library of the Humboldt-University] and Zentralund Landesbibliothek Berlin [Cent...

Progress in medical ethics: how the ethicist can help.

The Sexologist Albert Moll – between Sigmund Freud and Magnus Hirschfeld

Albert Moll was one of the most influential sexologists during the first three decades of the twentieth century. In contrast to his rivals Sigmund Freud and Magnus Hirschfeld, his achievements have not yet been recognised adequately. The author gives a comparative account of the work of these three protagonists. This shows that Moll formed some ideas which are regarded as psychoanalytical today...

Imagination, literature, medical ethics and medical practice.

Without imagination-without an actively cultivated imagination-not only do health care workers themselves suffer, but so too do their patients, argues Dr Anne Scott in this issue of the journal.' 2 Why? Because only by being able to imagine what it is like to be the other person, the patient, only by being able to enter imaginatively into the world of the patient, is the health care professiona...