Prof. Dr. Joanna Długosz, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Law and Administration, Chair of Criminal Law Prof. Dr. Jan C. Joerden, European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Chair of Criminal Law, especially International Criminal Law and Comparative Criminal Law, Philosophy of LawAssoc. Prof. Dr. Elżbieta Paszyńska, Poznan University of Medical Sciences , Department of Integrated Dentistry and Community Dentistry Section Prof. Dr. Florian Steger, Ulm University, Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine

• Foreword - Section 1. Research Ethics in Germany and Poland – Ethical and Legal Aspects - Internationally Binding Bioethical Standards – a Utopian Idea? - The Bioethical Commission of Poznan University of Medical Science - Background, Legal Restrictions, and Current Activities - Rechtliche Fragen der Zusammensetzung von Bioethik-Kommissionen - Section 2. Clinical Ethics in Germany and Poland – Legal Aspects - On Taking into Account the "Natural Will" When Dealing with Consent to Medical Treatment - Zur Rechtswidrigkeit der Einwilligung in medizinische Eingriffe bei unterschiedlichen kulturellen Wertvorstellungen in Deutschland und Polen - The GP’s Criminal and Disciplinary Liability for a Wrong Diagnosis from the Polish Perspective – a Case Study - Section 3. Clinical Ethics in Germany and Poland – Ethical Aspects - Responsibility for Health – a Brief Outline - Genes, Freedom, Suicide. Some Ethical Dilemmas in Biological Psychiatry - Is a Foetus a Patient? Some Ethical Aspects of Compelled Obstetric Interventions - What Does It Mean That Human Enhancement Is a Bioethical Problem? - Telemedicine and Teledermatology - Futile Therapy in Clinical Practice – the Challenge of Contemporary Medicine - A Bioethic Light on Dental Materials Used in the Root Canal Treatment in Dentistry