Swiss Network of Ethics of Care

The Doctor, exhibited 1891; Sir Luke Fildes 1843-1927; Tate, Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894; Photography: © Tate, London 2017

Next events

About the network

What is SNEC?

Founded in 2016, the Swiss Network of Ethics of Care (SNEC) provides scholars in Switzerland and abroad with a platform for exchange and collaboration within the field of ethics of care, especially in the context of the patient-healthcare professional relationship.

Aims of the Network

To foster awareness of the moral duty to care for the vulnerable in the healthcare context.
To support educational, research and policy initiatives aimed at promoting this goal.
To contribute to such initiatives through rigorous philosophical and interdisciplinary work.
To facilitate collaborative efforts among scholars in Switzerland and abroad in the field of ethics of care.

Key Activities

Research: SNEC serves as a documentation resource for researchers interested in the field of ethics of care
Meetings: SNEC organises international conferences within its scope of research.
Publishing: SNEC publishes in conference proceedings and journals the results of the Network’s collaborative research.

Membership

Membership to SNEC is free of charge and open to any researcher working on

related topics in Switzerland. To be added to the list of members, or for general

inquiries, please contact:

Next events

Workshop: European Cultures of Palliative Care

Center for Medical Humanities, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine &

Institute of Romance Studies

University of Zurich

25-26 October 2019

Villa Hatt, Zurich

190909_Palliative Care_Flyer_A5_DEF.pdf

Founding members

Lazare Benaroyo

Lazare Benaroyo is professor of biomedical ethics and philosophy of medicine at the Faculty of biology and medicine and head of the Interdisciplinary Ethics Unit (Ethos), at the University of Lausanne.

Nadja Eggert

Nadja Eggert is currently research fellow in ethics at Ethos, an interdisciplinary ethics platform, at the University of Lausanne. She is also lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine and
Biology. Her research focuses on the ethical issues in relation to the use of technology in
medical care.

Roberto Andorno

Roberto Andorno is a Privatdozent of bioethics and medical law at the Faculty of Law, and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine of the University of Zurich. One of this research interests is the relationship between human dignity, vulnerability and suffering.

Anna Elsner

Anna Magdalena Elsner is SNF Marie Heim-Vögtlin Research Fellow at the Romanisches Seminar and the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of

Zurich. After receiving her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2011, she held a Junior Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at King’s College London.

Show More

Partners

Show More

Subscribe to our news

SNEC

Lazare Benaroyo

Lazare Benaroyo is professor of biomedical ethics and philosophy of medicine at the Faculty of biology and medicine and head of the Interdisciplinary Ethics Unit (Ethos), at the University of Lausanne.