Bjørn 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
- Feiring, Eli; Traina, Gloria; Fystro, Joar Røkke & Hofmann, Bjørn (2020). Avoiding hypersensitive reluctance to address parental responsibility in childhood obesity. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106120 Full text in Research Archive.
- Gransjøen, Ann Mari; Wiig, Siri; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke & Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2020). Health care personnel’s perception of guideline implementation for musculoskeletal imaging: a process evaluation. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. . doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05272-9 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Hofmann, Bjørn (2020). Devaluation of persons by biotechnology-facilitated practices at the beginning and at the end of life. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. 46(8), s 550- 551 . doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106521
- Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2020). Biases distorting priority setting. Health Policy. ISSN 0168-8510. 124(1), s 52- 60 . doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.11.010
- Hofmann, Bjørn; Bredahl Jensen, Lone; Eriksen, Mette Brandt; Helgesson, Gert; Juth, Niklas & Holm, Søren (2020). Research Integrity Among PhD Students at the Faculty of Medicine: A Comparison of Three Scandinavian Universities. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. ISSN 1556-2646. 15(4), s 320- 329 . doi: 10.1177/1556264620929230
- Hofstad, Tore; Hampton, James & Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2020). What makes some diseases more typical than others? A survey on the impact of disease characteristics and professional background on disease typicality. INQUIRY (INQ). ISSN 0046-9580. 57, s 1- 9 . doi: 10.1177/0046958020972813
- Solbakk, Jan Helge; Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Holm, Søren; Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Robertsen, Annette; Alnæs, Anne Hambro; Cox, Shereen; Pedersen, Reidar & Bernabe, Rosemarie de la Cruz (2020). Back to WHAT? The role of research ethics in pandemic times. Medicine, Health care and Philosophy. ISSN 1386-7423. . doi: 10.1007/s11019-020-09984-x
- Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2020). New technologies in health care – disrupting practices, professions, and societies?.
- Oftestad, Eivor Andersen; Magelssen, Morten & Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (2020). Sædløyse og morskap på tinget. Tidsskrift for familierett, arverett og barnevernrettslige spørsmål. ISSN 1503-2965. (3-4), s 317- 324
- Solbakk, Jan Helge; Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Holm, Søren; Heggestad, Anne Kari Tolo; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Robertsen, Annette; Alnæs, Anne Hambro; Cox, Shereen; Pedersen, Reidar & Bernabe, Rosemarie de la Cruz (2020). Høyrisikostudier på alle mennesker i Covid-19-sammenheng er etisk uforsvarlig. Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825.
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