News item | 27-03-2024 | 15:43
On Tuesday, March 26, Prof. Dr. Maartje Schermer gave a lunch lecture on disease as a practical concept due to her retirement as a member of the Health Council. This concept is far from clear and there are many different definitions, concepts and models in circulation. In the lecture, Schermer showed how we can deal with this pluralism in a pragmatic way, and above all: where and why this really matters in practice.
Schermer is professor of philosophy of medicine and head of the department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine at Erasmus MC. From January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2024 she was a highly valued member of the Health Council. She chaired the permanent Ethics and Law Committee and the Center for Ethics and Health (CEG), a partnership between the Council for Public Health and Society and the Health Council. A large number of authoritative opinions were published during her presidency. She was part of the standing Committee on Vaccinations, and during the corona crisis she also played an important role as an ethicist in the (emergency) advice of the Health Council on COVID-19 vaccination. She also chairs the (urgent) advice Ethical and legal considerations COVID-19 vaccination and Test evidence for SARS-CoV-2: ethical and legal conditions established.
Prof. Dr. Bart-Jan Kullberg, chairman of the Health Council, expressed appreciation for Schermer’s special services to public health and to the Health Council and appointed her as an honorary member of the Health Council.
With this appointment, the Health Council currently has ten honorary members.
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