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Detailed Information: ETHMED (ED93)
ETHMED (Ethik in der Medizin) covers literature concerning biomedical ethics, mainly published in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Sources include journals, books, congress reports, newspapers, grey literature, laws, regulations, and court decisions. Over 160 specialist journals from different academic disciplines (medicine, nursing science, health care economics, natural sciences, philosophy and theology as well as law, economics and social sciences) are in search for contributions to medical ethics. Bibliographic information, indexing terms, and abstracts (approx. 25 %) are searchable.
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- Database Content: Subject Coverage | Type | Language | Sources | Superbases
- Database Resources: File Size | File Data | Update Cycle
- Query: User Aids | Special Notes | Vocabulary | Searchable Data Fields | Data Fields, alphabetical | Output of Search Results | Sample Search(es) | Sample Record(s)
- Contact: Producer | Contact Person
- Appendix: Appendix
Database Content
| Subject Coverage | Biomedical Ethics |
|---|---|
| Type | Literature database |
| Language | German, English, German |
| Sources |
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| Superbases | There are predefined databases groups (superbase) for several subjects. The database ETHMED is part of the following superbases: |
Database Resources
| File Size | 15,476 (Status 06/2012) |
|---|---|
| File Data |
Growth per year: approx. 500 documents You will find the number of database records in the current update status. |
| Update Cycle | Quarterly |
Query
User Aids
Thesaurus Ethics in
the Life Sciences
German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences
(DRZE)
Information and a list of International Journals
on Bioethics at IDEM
The List of International Journals on Bioethics contains
journal titles which are listed in ETHMED and beyond.
Special Notes
The Bioethics Thesaurus is only available as an alphabetic list. The field Section Code (SC) can be used especially for search limitation. It contains 15 codes which describe broad aspects of a document:
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| AN | Analytical Approach |
| BE | Bioethics and Professional Ethics |
| BR | Biomedical and Behavioral Research |
| CL | Clinical Approach |
| DE | Death, Euthanasia, and the Prolongation of Life |
| EM | Empirical Approach |
| GR | Genetics, Reproduction and Abortion |
| HP | Health Care and Health Care Policy |
| LE | Legal Approach |
| MH | Mental Health Therapies and Behaviour Control |
| PH | Philosophical Approach |
| PO | Popular Approach |
| PP | Professional Patient Relationship |
| RE | Religious Approach |
| XX | Miscellanneous |
Standing orders (SDI) are possible for Premium customers.
Vocabulary
Index Term (IT) (ETHMED Thesaurus containing the descriptors of
Bioethics Thesaurus, additional descriptors from the European area
and uncontrolled terms mainly from the MeSH.)
Language: English
Index Term German (ITG)
Language: German
Uncontrolled Term (UT)
Language: German or English
Section Code (SC)
Language: English
Searchable Data Fields
The following document sections are considered with the free text search (FT):
Abstract (AB)
Book Title (BTI)
Index Term (IT)
Index Term German (ITG)
Notes (NOTE)
Title (TI)
Uncontrolled Term (UT)
Search language(s) in the basic index:
German, English. Original titles searchable.
Data Fields, alphabetical
Explanation:
D = DISPLAY F = FIND S = SHOW
1 : front-end-masking recommended
2 : searchable word by word with field label
3 : searchable only selectively
(F): field is searchable
only via basic index
| Command | Field Name | Examples | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| (F) S | AB Abstract | F holistic ?,treat?/AB | In 25% of documents, only English-language abstracts. |
| D F | AI Abstract Indicator | F ... AND AI=? F AI=abstract online D AI=? |
Search for all documents with an abstract online. |
| S | AS Abstract Source | AS: AEM | Only in documents with an abstract online. |
| D F S | AU Author | F AU=hinrichs hf | Spelling of authors is standardised. |
| D F S | BTI Book Title | F BTI= anthropologie F hermann?/BTI |
Part of datafield SO. |
| S | COL Number of Pages | Part of SO. | |
| D F 2 S | CS Corporate Source | F CS=joseph ? berlin | |
| D F S | CY Country of Publication | F CY=germany D CY=? |
|
| D F S | DT Document Type | F DT=proceedings D DT=? |
One document can class with several document types. |
| D F S | EDR Editor | F EDR=ach js | Personal names are standardised. |
| S | EM Entry Month | EM: 19.11.1993 | Producer's input date. |
| S | FN Number of Footnotes | FN: 22 | |
| D F S | ISBN Internat. Standard Book Number | F ISBN=3-926483-14-8 | |
| S | ISS Issue No. | Part of SO. | |
| D F S | ISSN Internat. Standard Serial Number | F ISSN=0172-1207 | |
| D F S | IT Index Term | F IT=interdisciplinary communication F euthanasia/ IT |
Descriptors of Bioethics Thesaurus, additional descriptors from the European area, and uncontrolled terms mainly MeSH terms, in English language. |
| D F S | ITG Index Term German | F ITG= interdisziplinaere kommunikation F sterbehilfe/ITG |
Index terms in German language. |
| D 1 F 1 S | JT Journal Title | F JT= deutsches aerzte? | Long version of journal title. Part of datafield SO. |
| D F S | LA Language | F LA=germ | Most of the titles are in German language. |
| D F S | ND Number of Document | F ND=ed9624 | |
| (F) S | NOTE Notes | F medizinische akademie/NOTE | Contains suppl. information. |
| F S | OTI Original Title | F ganzheitlichkeit/OTI F contraception/TI |
Title in original language. Part of TI. |
| S | PAGE Page | Part of SO. | |
| S | PD Publication Date | PD: 2002 Jun 21 | Part of SO, contains PY. |
| D F S | PL Publisher Place | F PL= dobersdorf D PL=? |
Publisher Place of monographs. Part of PU. |
| D F | PPS PreProcessed Searches | D PPS=? | Shows all subjects for whose precasted search profiles are available (see appendix). |
| F ... AND PPS=human | Searches all documents relating (also) to humans. | ||
| D F 2 S | PU Publishing Data | F PU= pechstein | Name of the publisher of a monograph. Contains also the Publisher Place (PL). |
| D F S | PY Publication Year | F ... AND PY >= 1993 | Part of datafield PD and SO. |
| D F S | RN Number of References | F RN>=5 | |
| D F S | SC Section Code | F SC=de F ... AND SC=cl |
15 different codes. One document can class with several codes. Long version of the codes see "Special features". |
| D F 2 S | SE Series Title | F SE= versuchstier? | Is also part of datafield SO. |
| S | SO Source | Comprises JT (or BTI and/or SE), PD ( incl. PY), PAGE (or COL), ISS, VOL. | |
| (F) S | TI Title | F ganzheitlichkeit?/TI F holis?/TI |
Comprises the Original Title (OTI) and Translated Title (TTI). |
| (F) S | TTI Translated Title | F patient orientation/TTI F holism/TI |
Part of TI. |
| D F S | UT Uncontrolled Term | F UT= bundesaerztekammer F united states/UT |
Uncontrolled descriptors: names of persons and corporations, geographical terms, etc. in German or English language. |
| S | VOL Volume | Part of SO. |
Output of Search Results
By means of the commands: SHOW (S) / MAIL / SDI.
Corresponding to the copyright rules use the parameter USE=DLOAD if necessary.
You may ask for all data fields, single data fields, or sets of data fields. If the output fields are not specified explicitly, the standard field set (F=STD) is used in all output commands.
Output field sets:
| Command | Field Set | Associated Datafields |
|---|---|---|
| F=STD | Standard | same as F=ALL |
| F=F2 | same as F= ALL without AB | |
| F=ALL | all fields | ND, EM, AU, TI, EDR, SO (incl. JT, BTI, PD, PY, VOL, ISS, PAGE, COL), PU (incl. PL), LA, CY, ISSN, ISBN, CS, DT, RN, FN, SC, IT, ITG, UT, AS, AB, NOTE |
| F=BIB | bibliographic fields | ND, EM, AU, TI, EDR, SO (incl. JT, BTI, PD, PY, VOL, ISS, PAGE, COL), PU (incl. PL), LA, CY, ISSN, ISBN, CS, DT, RN, FN |
| F=DES | descriptors | SC, IT, ITG, UT |
Sample Search(es)
Database selection in DIMDI ClassicSearch: SBAS ED93
Subject: Legal aspects of euthanasia
The descriptors are online available in alphabetical order only . DISPLAY IT=?...? and DISPLAY SC=?..? shows the suitable index terms (IT) and section codes (SC). Weighting of index terms is possible.
Profile table:
| Parameter | Counter | Number of Hits | Query |
|---|---|---|---|
| C= | 1 | 9199 | ED93 |
| S= | 2 | 1838 | EUTHANASI# OR STERBEHILFE |
| 3 | 2426 | 2 OR SC=DE | |
| 4 | 4058 | RECHT? OR JUD? OR GESETZ? OR LEG? | |
| 5 | 4242 | 4 OR SC=LE | |
| 6 | 987 | 3 AND 5 | |
| 7 | 982 | check duplicates: unique in s=6 | |
| 8 | 16 | 7 AND PY=2008 |
Sample Record(s)
2/1 of 1 DIMDI: ETHMED (ED93) © IDEM 2005
| ND: | ED14024 |
| EM: | 09.07.2008 |
| AU: | Ulsenheimer K |
| TI: | Aerztliche Hilfe beim bzw. zum Sterben - Gesetzliche
Grenzziehung (aus der Sicht des Juristen). (Physician assistance in dying or help to die - A line of legal demarcation (from the lawyer's perspective) |
| SO: | Zeitschrift fuer Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitaet im Gesundheitswesen; VOL: 102 (3); p. 176-183 /2008/ |
| LA: | German |
| CY: | Germany |
| ISSN: | 1431-7621 |
| DT: | JOURNAL ARTICLE; PROCEEDINGS |
| FN: | 56 |
| SC: | LE ... Legal Approach |
| IT: | ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ALLOWING TO DIE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; EUTHANASIA; LAW; PRESUMED CONSENT; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; TERMINOLOGY |
| ITG: | |
| UT: | END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS |
| NOTE: | (34. Symposion fuer Juristen und Aerzte : 2006 : Berlin) |
| AS: | AEM |
| AB: | The definition of the legal prerequisites for the permissible withholding/withdrawal of medical treatment, the limits to a physician's obligation to provide medical care as well as the differentiation between the aiding with suicide, which is exempt from punishment, and the punishable termination of life upon request or failure to render assistance is actually one of the most difficult medico- legal, professional-ethical, human ideological and moral problems. |
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Output format: SHOW F=ALL
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Appendix
Appendix
List of the PreProcessed Searches
For the following subjects preprocessed searches are available:
AIDS
ANIMAL
CANCER
HUMAN
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