Bjørn Hofmann

Bjørn Morten Hofmann (born in Oslo, July 20, 1964) is a Norwegian researcher in philosophy of medicine and ethics with special interest for the relationship between epistemology and ethics.

Bjørn Hofmann
Hofmann in 2019
Born (1964-07-20) July 20, 1964
Norway
OccupationProfessor at the Department of Health, Technology and Society at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

His main subjects in the philosophy of medicine have been the concepts of health and disease. In the philosophy of the health sciences he has studied causation, rationality, evidence, diagnosis, overdiagnosis, medicalization and futility. Reproductive technologies, biobanks and organ transplantation have been his main topics in the ethics of biotechnologies. Additionally, Hofmann has published in research ethics, ethics in health technology assessment (HTA), medical ethics, health services research, and science and technology studies.

Education and professional career

Hofmann was trained in the natural sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norges Tekniske Høgskole) where he studied physical electronics and biomedical engineering and graduated in 1989. After his studies he worked with medical technology at Lillehammer county hospital and with health applications at Telenor Research. He studied philosophy at the University of Tromsø in 1993 and 1994 and got his PhD in philosophy of medicine from the University of Oslo in 2002.

Hofmann has been working as a professor at the University College of Gjøvik, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology at Gjøvik, and at the University of Oslo and has been a researcher at the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services since 2002. Hofmann was a Harkness fellow[1] at the Dartmouth College in the United States, 2014–2015.

Publications

Books
  • Hofmann B, Oftestad E, Magelssen M. Hva vil vi med fosterdiagnostikk? Fosterdiagnostikkens etikk. [On the ethics of prenatal testing.] Oslo:Cappelen Damm, 2021
  • Hofmann B. Hva er sykdom? What is disease? Gyldendal Akademisk, 2008, 2014.
  • Solbakk JH, Holm S, Hofmann B. The Ethics of Research Biobanking. Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York: Springer 2009 (ISBN 978-0-387-93871-4) 363 s
  • Hofmann B. Infusjonsapparatur. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1998. [Infusion Devices. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, 1998]

Recent journal articles

Citation

63 of his papers and journal articles have been cited 20 times or more, according to Google Scholar (2021). His most cited papers are:

  • Hofmann, B. "On the triad disease, illness and sickness". Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2002; 27 (6): 651-674
  • Hofmann, B. "Toward a procedure for integrating moral issues in health technology assessment." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2005;21(3):312-18.[2]
  • Hofmann, B. "Broadening consent and diluting ethics." Journal of Medical Ethics 2009; 35(2): 125–129.[3]
  • Hofmann, B. "Is there a technological imperative in health care?" International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2002; 18(3): 675–689.[4]

References
  1. "Bjorn Hofmann | Commonwealth Fund". www.commonwealthfund.org. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  2. cited 110 times according to Google Scholar (2016)
  3. cited 93 times according to Google Scholar (2016)
  4. cited 75 times according to Google Scholar (2016)

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