Guy Widdershoven is Emeritus Professor of Medical Philosophy and Ethics at Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU University Amsterdam. He has coordinated numerous research projects in healthcare ethics combining dialogical ethics and participative methodologies, focusing on ethical issues in long-term care (psychiatry, elderly care, care for people with a disability) and ethical aspects of care around the end of life, particularly palliative care and euthanasia. He has also published widely on the theory and practice of clinical ethics and moral case deliberation. He has over 40 years of experience in developing and delivering bioethics education for medical and health sciences students. He initiated a pioneering master programme in bioethics, ‘Philosophy, Bioethics and Health (PBH)’, which is a collaboration between an academic hospital and a philosophy department. He is past president of the European Association of Centers of Medical Ethics (EACME).
Selection of publications:
- How Moral Case Deliberation Supports Good Clinical Decision Making.
- Inguaggiato G, Metselaar S, Molewijk B, Widdershoven G. AMA J Ethics. 2019 Oct 1;21(10):E913-919. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.913.
- How to Support Patient and Family in Dealing with Ethical Issues? The Relevance of Moral Case Deliberation.
- Widdershoven G, Stolper M, Molewijk B, Metselaar S. Am J Bioeth. 2020 Jun;20(6):70-72. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1754518.
- Moral values of Dutch physicians in relation to requests for euthanasia: a qualitative study.
- van Zwol M, de Boer F, Evans N, Widdershoven G. BMC Med Ethics. 2022 Sep 20;23(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s12910-022-00834-4.
- Beyond Precedent Autonomy and Current Preferences: A Narrative Perspective on Advance Directives in Dementia Care.
- Widdershoven G, Janssens R, Voskes Y. Am J Bioeth. 2020 Aug;20(8):104-106. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2020.1781969.
- Moral Dilemmas in Contact-Based Care: The Relevance of Moral Case Deliberation for Forensic Psychiatry.
- Gerritsen S, Widdershoven GAM, Bossenbroek BJ, Voskes Y. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Oct 27;11:574336. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.574336. eCollection 2020.
- What does quality of life mean to older adults? A thematic synthesis.
- van Leeuwen KM, van Loon MS, van Nes FA, Bosmans JE, de Vet HCW, Ket JCF, Widdershoven GAM, Ostelo RWJG. PLoS One. 2019 Mar 8;14(3):e0213263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213263.
- Competence in chronic mental illness: the relevance of practical wisdom.
- Widdershoven GAM, Ruissen A, van Balkom AJLM, Meynen G. J Med Ethics. 2017 Jun;43(6):374-378. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102575.
- How to combine rules and commitment in fostering research integrity?
- Labib K, Tijdink J, Sijtsma K, Bouter L, Evans N, Widdershoven G. Account Res. 2023 Mar 20:1-27. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2191192.
- Toward a paradigm shift in healthcare: using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and the capability approach (CA) jointly in theory and practice.
- van der Veen S, Evans N, Huisman M, Welch Saleeby P, Widdershoven G. Disabil Rehabil. 2023 Jul;45(14):2382-2389. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2089737.
- Fostering a just culture in healthcare organizations: experiences in practice.
- van Baarle E, Hartman L, Rooijakkers S, Wallenburg I, Weenink JW, Bal R, Widdershoven G. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Aug 13;22(1):1035. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08418-z.