Bjørn Morten Hofmann
Adjunct Professor
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Centre for Medical Ethics

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Phone
+47 22844645
Username
Visiting address
Kirkeveien 166
Fredrik Holsts hus
0450 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1130 Blindern
0318 Oslo
Academic interests
- Health technology
- Philosophy of medicine
- (Bio)medical ethics
- Ethics in health technology assessment
- Philosophy of health sciences and technology
More information about Hofmann's academic interests
Courses taught
- Medical ethics
- Philosophy of science
- Philosophy of medicine and health care (basic concepts)
- Hva er sykdom [Ethical and epistemological challenges with the concept of disease]
Background
- Ph.D in philosophy of medicine
- M.Sc. in biomedical engineering
- Philosophy and history of ideas
Positions held
- United Nations Scientific Committee for Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), member of expert group Attribution of health effects to radiation exposure, 2009-2011.
- Member of the National Board for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, 2010-14.
- Member of the Council for The Norwegian University for Science and Technology’s strategic program for medical technology, Trondheim 2009-2013.
- Member of working group on newborn screening by the Directorate of Health, 2008.
- Member of the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, reference group for biopolitical issues (Bioreferansegruppa), 01.07.2007-01.07.2010.
- Member of working group in EUNETHTA (European Network for HTA Agencies) in the elaboration of a ”core model” for integrating ethics in health technology assessment, 2006.
- Board member, Ethics program, University of Oslo, 2006-9.
Collaboration
- EUNETHTA (European Network for HTA Agencies)
- Working Group on Ethics i International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessments (INAHTA), 2005-
Publications
- Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2021). Internal barriers to efficiency: Why disinvestments are so difficult. Identifying and addressing internal barriers to disinvestment of health technologies. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. s 1- 16 . doi: 10.1017/S1744133121000037
- Hofmann, Bjørn; Oftestad, Eivor Andersen & Magelssen, Morten (2021). Hva vil vi med fosterdiagnostikken? Fosterdiagnostikkens etikk. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202693992.
- Hofmann, Bjørn (2021). Improper data use: a bias distorting research results. Show summary
- Hofmann, Bjørn (2021). Polarized research.
- Hofmann, Bjørn (2021). Predatory Publishing.
- Hofmann, Bjørn (2021). Spin of research results.
- Hofmann, Bjørn Morten & Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke (2021). Types of diagnostic uncertainty – defining them and addressing them.
- Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke & Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2021). Unfairness of imaging overutilization.
- Magelssen, Morten; Oftestad, Eivor Andersen & Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2021). "Det frie valgets dilemma". Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. s 20- 21
- Oftestad, Eivor Andersen; Magelssen, Morten & Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2021). "Hvordan skal vi bruke fosterdiagnostikk til det beste for individer og samfunn?". Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. 9, s 29
Published Apr. 13, 2011 2:44 PM
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