Prof. Dr. Bernice Simone Elger

McLennan, Stuart, Meyer, Leila, Wangmo, Tenzin, Gaab, Jens, Elger, Bernice, & Seaward, Helene. (2025). Psychological stressors of imprisonment and coping of older incarcerated persons: a qualitative interview study [Journal-article]. BMC Public Health, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21452-w

Neeser, Nathalie Bettina, Martani, Andrea, Provoost, Veerle, Pennings, Guido, Elger, Bernice Simone, De Geyter, Christian, Vulliemoz, Nicolas, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2025). “Age independent, but person dependent”: a Swiss interview-based study on the meaning of good parenthood at an advanced parental age. BMC Medical Ethics, 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01259-5

Richard, Mélina, Bernstein, Michael, Gaab, Jens, & Elger, Bernice. (2025). A systematic qualitative review of ethical issues in open label placebo in published research [Journal-article]. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96425-5

Stock, Elisabeth, Martani, Andrea, Vinogradova, Olga, Moser, Fabienne, Elger, Bernice S., & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2025). “Should I continue with this profession or not?”: moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among Swiss healthcare workers. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100590

Montagnoli, C., Neeser, N. B., Elger, B. S., & Wangmo, T. (2025). Facilitators and barriers of maternal and infant healthcare access for undocumented migrants in the first 1000 days of life: a systematic review of the literature [Journal-article]. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2025.2560189

Stock, Elisabeth, Vinogradova, Olga, Wangmo, Tenzin, Nickel, Christian H, Martani, Andrea, & Elger, Bernice S. (2025). Ethical perspectives on pre-hospital triage mechanisms among Swiss healthcare stakeholders during times of medical resource scarcity: A qualitative study [Journal-article]. Clinical Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509251372983

Vallo-Sacchettini, Alana, Zimmermann, Cristina, Janjic, Olivier, Rost, Michael, & Elger, Bernice. (2025). Involving Adolescents in Decision-Making in Pediatric Organ Transplantation: A Qualitative Study in Switzerland. Pediatric Transplantation, 29. https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.70146

Azilagbetor, D. M., Davies, G., Geneviève, L. D., Shaw, D. M., & Elger, B. S. (2025). Developing more inclusive approaches to animal research and patient involvement [Journal-article]. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-025-10288-1

Pal, Avishek, Wangmo, Tenzin, Bharadia, Trishna, Ahmed-Richards, Mithi, Bhanderi, Mayank, Kachhadiya, Rohitbhai, Allemann, Samuel, & Elger, Bernice. (2025). Generative AI/LLMs for Plain Language Medical Information for Patients, Caregivers and General Public: Opportunities, Risks and Ethics. Patient Preference and Adherence, 19, 2227–2249. https://doi.org/10.2147/ppa.s527922

Fausch, I., Zeyer-Iyengar, D., Cajiga Morales, R. M., Elger, B., Enzmann, V., & Früh, A. (2025). Exploring Alternatives to Animal Testing: Scientific, Legal and Ethical Challenges in Developing Novel Alternative Methods with a Focus on Organoids as Potential NAMs [Journal-article]. LEOH - Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health, 81–99. https://doi.org/10.58590/leoh.2025.008

Deckha, M., Michel, M., Azilagbetor, D., Blattner, C., Cajiga Morales, R. M., Davies, G., Elger, B., Faizee, S., Fox, M., Gerritsen, V., Heuss, A., Kämpfen, L., Louis-Maerten, E., Lüthi, N., Milford, A., Müller, N. D., Persson, K., Ritskes-Hoitinga, M., Rothen-Rutishauser, B., et al. (2025). Accelerating Animal Replacement: How Universities Can Lead — Results of a One-Day Expert Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland [Journal-article]. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals, 53(2), 106–118. https://doi.org/10.1177/02611929251317434

Milford, Aoife, De Clercq, Eva, Louis-Maerten, Edwin, Geneviève, Lester D., & Elger, Bernice S. (2025). How animal ethics committees make decisions - a scoping review of empirical studies. PLoS ONE, 20(3 March). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318570

Stock, Elisabeth, Nickel, Christian H., Elger, Bernice S., & Martani, Andrea. (2025). The instrumental value of advance directives: lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for policymaking [Journal-article]. Research in Health Services &Amp; Regions, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43999-025-00060-6

Martani, A., Neeser, N. B., Vulliemoz, N., Wangmo, T., & Elger, B. S. (2025). How are legal rules on advanced parental age and access to Assistive Reproductive Technologies experienced by Swiss care professionals? A qualitative interview-based study [Journal-article]. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebaf033

Arbalaez Ossa, Laura, Rost, Michael, Bont, Nathalie, Lorenzini, Nathali, Shaw, David, & Elger, Bernice. (2025). Exploring Patient Participation in AI-Supported Health Care: Qualitative Study. Jmir Ai, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.2196/50781

Ayoub, Sophie, De Clercq, Eva, Cytrynbaum, Cheryl, Steiner, Luzius A., & Elger, Bernice S. (2025). Like milk on the stove: Healthcare professionals navigating uncertainty when caring for families with 22q11DS. PLoS ONE, 20(1 January). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313845

Ayoub, S., Meier, S., Cytrynbaum, C., Swillen, A., Steiner, L. A., Carbyn, H., Elger, B. S., & De Clercq, E. (2025). Transition services in 22q11 deletion syndrome: Hit or miss [Journal-article]. Health Care Transitions, 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hctj.2025.100120

Beddok, A., Willmann, J., Embring, A., Appelt, A. L., Balermpas, P., Chua, K., Choi, J. I., Elger, B. S., Gabrys, D., Hoskin, P., Niyazi, M., Pasquier, D., Paradis, K., Kaidar‐Person, O., Plaisier, C., Schmitt, N. C., Steuer, C. E., Thariat, J., Yom, S. S., et al. (2025). Reirradiation: Standards, challenges, and patient-focused strategies across tumor types [Journal-article]. Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.70016

Kouvas, G., Coenen, C., Hommrich, D., Stieglitz, T., Elger, B. S., & Jotterand, F. (2025). Building resilience when neural implants are abandoned [Journal-article]. Nature Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03772-x

Milford, Stephen R., Malgir, B. Zara, Elger, Bernice S., & Shaw, David M. (2025). “All things equal”: ethical principles governing why autonomous vehicle experts change or retain their opinions in trolley problems—a qualitative study. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2025.1544272

Richard, Mélina, Ganz, Manuela, Elger, Bernice S., & Gaab, Jens. (2025). A dose of doubt: a qualitative study on placebo regulations [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Medicine, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1574022

Richard, Mélina, Ganz, Manuela, Hornstein, Lena Dominique, Stehlik, Bohdan, Levy, Mélanie, Blease, Charlotte R., Annoni, Marco, Elger, Bernice S., & Gaab, Jens. (2025). Noble Humbug? Hard and soft laws on clinical placebo use [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1520664

Shaw, David, Lorenzini, Giorgia, Ossa, Laura Arbelaez, Eckstein, Jens, Steiner, Luzius, & Elger, Bernice S. (2025). When and what patients need to know about AI in clinical care. Swiss Medical Weekly, 155(1). https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4013

Eichinger, J., Elger, B. S., McLennan, S., Filges, I., & Koné, I. (2024). Attitudes Towards Non-directiveness Among Medical Geneticists in Germany and Switzerland [Journal-article]. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 21(4), 711–722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-024-10355-x

Mussie, Kirubel Manyazewal, Kaba, Mirgissa, Setchell, Jenny, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2024). “I Do Not Believe We Should Disclose Everything to an Older Patient”: Challenges and Ethical Concerns in Clinical Decision-Making in Old-Age Care in Ethiopia. Health Care Analysis, 32(4), 290–311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-024-00494-y

Rodriguez Perez, C., Shaw, D. M., Earp, B. D., Elger, B. S., & Persson, K. (2024). One R or the other – an experimental bioethics approach to 3R dilemmas in animal research [Journal-article]. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 27(4), 497–512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-024-10221-y

Kozman, R., Mussie, K.M., Elger, B., Wienand, I., & Jotterand, F. (2024). Ethical Challenges in Oral Healthcare Services Provided by Non-Governmental Organizations for Refugees in Germany. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 21(3), 491–500. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10327-7

Pal, Avishek, Arnet, Isabelle, Elger, Bernice Simone, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2024). Practices and Barriers in Developing and Disseminating Plain-Language Resources Reporting Medical Research Information: A Scoping Review. Patient, 17(5), 493–518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-024-00700-y

Nicole Lüthi, Christian Rodriguez Perez, Kirsten Persson, Bernice Simone Elger, & David Shaw. (2024). Toward Transparency on Animal Experimentation in Switzerland: Seven Recommendations for the Provision of Public Information in Swiss Law. Animals, 14(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14152154

Martani, Andrea, Genevieve, Lester Darryl, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2024). The notion of data donation: conceptual explanations, implementations and relevance for Swiss health data governance (; University of Basel, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, trans.; p. 75). Bericht im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Gesundheit, Abteilung für Gesundheitsversorgung und Berufe.

Arbelaez Ossa, Laura, Milford, Stephen R., Rost, Michael, Leist, Anja K., Shaw, David M., & Elger, Bernice S. (2024). AI Through Ethical Lenses: A Discourse Analysis of Guidelines for AI in Healthcare. Science and Engineering Ethics, 30(3), 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-024-00486-0

Azilagbetor, David Mawufemor, Shaw, David, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2024). Animal Research Regulation: Improving Decision-Making and Adopting a Transparent System to Address Concerns around Approval Rate of Experiments [Journal-article]. Animals, 14(6), 846. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060846

Louis-Maerten, Edwin, Milford, Aoife, Shaw, David M., Geneviève, Lester D., & Elger, Bernice S. (2024). Perceptions of 3R implementation in European animal research: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis of barriers and facilitators. PLoS ONE, 19(3 March), e0300031. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300031

Poppe, Christopher, & Elger, Bernice S. (2024). Brain–Computer Interfaces, Completely Locked-In State in Neurodegenerative Diseases, and End-of-Life Decisions. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 21(1), 19–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10256-5

Elger, Bernice S. (2024). Ethical Issues Related to Smart Technologies and Artificial Intelligence. In Robots and Gadgets (pp. 71–92). Les Presses de l’Université de Laval. https://doi.org/10.1515/9782766302543-004

Arbelaez Ossa, Laura, Lorenzini, Giorgia, Milford, Stephen, Shaw, David, Elger, Bernice, & Rost, Michael. (2024). Integrating ethics in AI development: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Ethics. https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-023-01000-0

Ayoub, Sophie, Elger, Bernice S., & De Clercq, Eva. (2024). Undeleting the voice of people with 22q11 deletion syndrome: A scoping review [Journal-article]. Rare, 2, 100033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rare.2024.100033

Lorenzini, Giorgia, Arbelaez Ossa, Laura, Milford, Stephen, Elger, Bernice Simone, Shaw, David Martin, & De Clercq, Eva. (2024). The “Magical Theory” of AI in Medicine: Thematic Narrative Analysis [Journal-article]. JMIR AI, 3(1), e49795. https://doi.org/10.2196/49795

Louis-Maerten, Edwin, Cajiga, Rosa M., Rodriguez Perez, Christian, Persson, Kirsten, & Elger, Bernice S. (2024). Tierversuchsgüterabwägung mit empirischer Ethik: der Fall der Schweiz [Journal-article]. TIERethik, 16(28), 32–60.

Louis-Maerten, Edwin, Milford, Aoife, & Elger, Bernice S. (2024). Independent review of animal experimentation: Who should do what and when? EurSafe2024 Proceedings, 305–310. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004715509_050

Louis-Maerten, Edwin, Rodriguez Perez, Christian, Cajiga, Rosa Maria, Persson, Kirsten, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2024). Conceptual foundations for a clarified meaning of the 3Rs principles in animal experimentation. Animal Welfare, 33. https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2024.39

Milford, Stephen R., Elger, Bernice S., & Shaw, David M. (2024). Various Vulnerabilities in Highway Hierarchies: Applying the UK Highway Code’s Hierarchy of Road Users to Autonomous Vehicle Decision-Making. International Journal of Technoethics, 15(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijt.342604

Mussie, Kirubel Manyazewal, Setchell, Jenny, Kaba, Mirgissa, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2024). “I was afraid to go to the hospital”: A qualitative analysis and ethical implications of the impacts of COVID-19 on the health and medical care of older adults in Ethiopia. SAGE Open Medicine, 12. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121241263305

Pal, A., Klingmann, I., Wangmo, T., & Elger, B. (2024). Publishing clinical trial results in plain language: a clash of ethical principles? Current Medical Research and Opinion, 40(3), 493–503. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2024.2308729

Stephen R. Milford, David M. Shaw, & Bernice S. Elger. (2024). Self-Driving Cars, Trolley Problems, and the Value of Human Life: An Argument Against Abstract Individualism. Open Philosophy.

Verghote, Kato, Neeser, Nathalie, Pennings, Guido, Elger, Bernice, & Provoost, Veerle. (2024). “It was not an accident”: Women’s experiences of renewing motherhood at 40+ [Journal-article]. Journal of Women and Aging, 36(3), 181–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2023.2286835

De Clercq, Eva, Martani, Andrea, Vulliemoz, Nicolas, Elger, Bernice S, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2023). Rethinking advanced motherhood: a new ethical narrative. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 26(4), 591–603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-023-10172-w

Eichinger, Johanna, Elger, Bernice, Yi Jiao, Tian, Koné, Insa, & Shaw, David Martin. (2023). Parents as secondary patients: Towards a more family-centred approach to care. Clinical Ethics, 18(4), 368–374. https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509231172317

Eichinger J, Zimmermann B, Elger B, McLennan S, Filges I, & Koné I. (2023). ‘It’s a nightmare’: informed consent in paediatric genome-wide sequencing. A qualitative expert interview study from Germany and Switzerland. European Journal of Human Genetics, 31(12), 1398–1406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-023-01468-9

Felber, Nadine Andrea, Tian, Yi Jiao (Angelina), Pageau, Felix, Elger, Bernice Simone, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2023). Mapping ethical issues in the use of smart home health technologies to care for older persons: a systematic review. BMC Medical Ethics, 24(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-023-00898-w

Jeker, Benjamin, Shaw, David, Lagnaux, Nicolas, Wangmo, Tenzin, & Elger, Bernice S. (2023). Motivation and training needs of prison healthcare professionals: findings from a qualitative study. BMC Psychology, 11(1), ARTN 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01076-8

Güth, Uwe, Junker, Christoph, Elger, Bernice Simone, Elfgen, Constanze, Montagna, Giacomo, & Schneeberger, Andres R. (2023). Conventional and assisted suicide in Switzerland: Insights into a divergent development based on cancer-associated self-initiated deaths [Journal-article]. Cancer Medicine, 12(16), 17296–17307. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.6323

Arbelaez Ossa, L., Rost, M., Bont, N., Lorenzini, G., Shaw, D., & Elger, B. S. (2023). Exploring Patient Participation in AI-Supported Health Care: Qualitative Study (Preprint) [Posted-content]. JMIR Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.50781

Seaward, Helene, Dieffenbacher, Sophie, Gaab, Jens, Graf, Marc, Elger, Bernice, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2023). Stigma management during reintegration of older incarcerated adults with mental health issues: A qualitative analysis. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101905

Lorenzini, G., Arbelaez Ossa, L., Milford, S., Elger, B. S., Shaw, D. M., & De Clercq, E. (2023). The “Magical Theory” of AI in Medicine: Thematic Narrative Analysis (Preprint) [Posted-content]. JMIR Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.49795

Shaw, D., Seaward, H., Pageau, F., Wangmo, T., & Elger, B. S. (2023). Perceptions of collective and other unjust punishment in Swiss prisons: a qualitative exploration. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 19(2), 241–250. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijph-06-2021-0059

Shaw, David, Seaward, Helene, Pageau, Felix, Wangmo, Tenzin, & Elger, Bernice S. (2023). Perceptions of collective and other unjust punishment in Swiss prisons: a qualitative exploration. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 19(2), 241–250. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijph-06-2021-0059

Starke, Georg, Simone Elger, Bernice, & De Clercq, Eva. (2023). Machine learning and its impact on psychiatric nosology Findings from a qualitative study among German and Swiss experts [Journal-article]. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, 4. https://doi.org/10.33735/phimisci.2023.9435

Pageau, Felix, Cornaz, Corinne Devaud, Seaward, Helene, Elger, Bernice Simone, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2023). Crime hierarchy, victimization and coping results of a qualitative study on the older incarcerated Person’s mental health in Switzerland. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 87, ARTN 101870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101870

Felber, N. A., Tian, Y. J. (., Pageau, F., Elger, B. S., & Wangmo, T. (2023). Mapping ethical issues in the use of smart home health technologies to care for older persons: a systematic review [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2069142/v1

Chivilgina, Olga, Elger, Bernice S., Fedotov, Ilya, & Jotterand, Fabrice. (2023). eHealth interventions for psychiatry in Switzerland and Russia: a comparative study [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Digital Health, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1278176

Eichinger, Johanna, Dupont, Anne-Sylvie, McLennan, Stuart, Filges, Isabel, Koné, Insa, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2023). «Every diagnosis is actionable.» - Reimbursement of paediatric exome sequencing. A qualitative expert interview study from Germany and Switzerland. Jusletter, 28. August 2023, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.38023/0b3ef47c-978c-4321-a933-04dd49ef1080

Favaretto M, De Clercq E, Caplan A, & Elger BS. (2023). United in Big Data? Exploring scholars’ opinions on academic-industry partnership and the use of corporate data in digital behavioral research. PLoS ONE, 18(1 January), e0280542. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280542

Lorenzini, Giorgia, Arbelaez Ossa, Laura, Shaw, David Martin, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2023). Artificial intelligence and the doctor-patient relationship expanding the paradigm of shared decision making. Bioethics, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13158

Martani, Andrea, Geneviève, Lester Darryl, Wangmo, Tenzin, Maurer, Julia, Crameri, Katrin, Erard, Frédéric, Spoendlin, Julia, Spoendlin, Julia, Pauli-Magnus, Christiane, Pittet, Valerie, Sengstag, Thierry, Soldini, Emiliano, Hirschel, Bernard, Borisch, Bettina, Kruschel Weber, Cornelia, Zwahlen, Marcel, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2023). Sensing the (digital) pulse. Future steps for improving the secondary use of data for research in Switzerland. Digital Health, 9. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231169826

Milford, Stephen R., Elger, Bernice S., & Shaw, David M. (2023). Believe me! Why tesla’s recent alleged malfunction further highlights the need for transparent dialogue. Frontiers in Future Transportation, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffutr.2023.1137469

Neeser, Nathalie B., Martani, Andrea, De Clercq, Eva, De Geyter, Christian, Vulliemoz, Nicolas, Elger, Bernice S., & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2023). Building a family at advanced parental age: a systematic review on the risks and opportunities for parents and their offspring. Human Reproduction Open, 2023(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoad042

Rodriguez Perez, Christian, Persson, Kirsten, Cajiga Morales, Rosa Maria, Elger, Bernice Simone, & Shaw, David Martin. (2023). Russell and Burch’s 3Rs then and now: The case of Switzerland. Altex, 40(4), 635–648. https://doi.org/10.14573/altex.2303061

Martani A., Egli S.M., Genevieve L.D., Elger B.S., & Wangmo T. (2022). A role-model for data policies? Qualitative study on the governance of health data in Denmark. Health Policy and Technology, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100683

Martani, Andrea, Egli, Sophia Mira, Geneviève, Lester Darryl, Elger, Bernice Simone, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2022). A role-model for data policies? Qualitative study on the governance of health data in Denmark. Health Policy and Technology, 11(4), 100683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100683

Pageau, F., Seaward, H., Habermeyer, E., Elger, B., & Wangmo, T. (2022). Loneliness and social isolation among the older person in a Swiss secure institution: a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02764-7

Kon, I., Rumetsch, V., Elger, B., & Gaab, J. (2022). Utilisation de placebos dans la pratique médicale quotidienne [Journal-article]. Forum Médical Suisse ‒ Swiss Medical Forum. https://doi.org/10.4414/fms.2022.09128

Mussie, Kirubel Manyazewal, Setchell, Jenny, Elger, Bernice Simone, Kaba, Mirgissa, Memirie, Solomon Tessema, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2022). Care of Older Persons in Eastern Africa: A Scoping Review of Ethical Issues. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.923097

Martani, Andrea, De Clercq, Eva, De Geyter, Christian, Pennings, Guido, Wangmo, Tenzin, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). Deconstructing age(s): An analysis of the different conceptions of age as a legal criterion for access to assisted reproductive technologies. Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsac036

Starke, Georg, Schmidt, Benedikt, De Clercq, Eva, & Elger, Bernice. (2022). Explainability as fig leaf? An exploration of experts’ ethical expectations towards machine learning in psychiatry. AI and Ethics, 3(1), 303–314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-022-00177-1

Satalkar, Priya, McLennan, Stuart, Elger, Bernice S, von Elm, Erik, & Matthias, Briel. (2022). Investigators’ sense of failure thwarted transparency in clinical trials discontinued for poor recruitment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 145, 136–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.01.024

Satalkar, Priya, McLennan, Stuart, Elger, Bernice S, von Elm, Erik, & Matthias, Briel. (2022). Investigators’ sense of failure thwarted transparency in clinical trials discontinued for poor recruitment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 145, 136–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.01.024

Arbelaez Ossa, Laura, Starke, Geoerg, Lorenzini, Giorgia, Vogt, Julia E, Shaw, David M, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). Re-focusing explainability in medicine. Digital Health, 8, 20552076221074488. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076221074488

Briel, Matthias, Elger, Bernice S., McLennan, Stuart, Schandelmaier, Stefan, von Elm, Erik, & Satalkar, Priya. (2022). Exploring reasons for recruitment failure in clinical trials: a qualitative study with clinical trial stakeholders in Switzerland, Germany, and Canada. Trials, 22(1), 844. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05818-0

Chivilgina, Olga, Elger, Bernice Simone, Benichou, Mehdi Mohamed, & Jotterand, Fabrice. (2022). “What’s the best way to document information concerning psychiatric patients? I just don’t know”-A qualitative study about recording psychiatric patients notes in the era of electronic health records. Plos One, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264255

Couceiro, Joao, Elger, Bernice S., & Satalkar, Priya. (2022). Stakeholder perspectives on ‘Swiss quality’ healthcare in the context of inbound medical tourism to Switzerland: An exploratory qualitative study. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 27(3), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.1177/25160435221102124

De Clercq, Eva, Rost, Michael, von der Weid, Nicolas, Ansari, Marc, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). To be or not to be in the social media arena? The perspective of healthcare providers working within adolescent and young adult oncology in Switzerland. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 34(6), 417–429. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2020-0137

Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). Victims or Actors? Can Professionalism Shape Physicians’ Roles Inside the Health Care System? In Ćurković, Marko; Borovečki, Ana (ed.), The Bridge Between Bioethics and Medical Practice (1 ed., pp. 363–379). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09733-1_15

Elger, Bernice Simone, Villareal, Pedro A., Seaward, Helene, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2022). Human Rights and Prison Medicine: Protecting the Rights of Older Patients Deprived of Liberty. In Herrera, Clara Burbano; Haeck, Yves (Ed.), Human Rights behind Bars (1 ed., pp. 221–243). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11484-7_10

Geneviève, Lester Darryl, Martani, Andrea, Wangmo, Tenzin, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). Precision Public Health and Structural Racism in the United States: Promoting Health Equity in the COVID-19 Pandemic Response. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.2196/33277

Geneviève, Lester, Elger, Bernice, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2022). Impact of structural racism on inclusion and diversity in precision oncology: A scoping and critical review of the literature. Cambridge Prisms: Precision Medicine, 1(E5), 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/pcm.2022.4

Haesen, Sophie, Merkt, Helene, Elger, Bernice, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2022). Chains, trains and automobiles: Medical transport for prisoners in Switzerland. European Journal of Criminology, 20(1), 77–98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370820988837

Insa Koné, Insa, Rumetsch, Virgilia, Elger, Bernice, & Gaab, Jens. (2022). Einsatz von Placebos im ärztlichen Alltag. Swiss Medial Forum, 22(40), 660–663. https://doi.org/10.4414/smf.2022.09128

Laura Arbelaez Ossa, Michael Rost, Giorgia Lorenzini, David M. Shaw, & Bernice Simone Elger. (2022). A smarter perspective: Learning with and from AI-cases. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 135, 102458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2022.102458

Lorenzini, Giorgia, Shaw, David Martin, Arbelaez Ossa, Laura, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). Machine learning applications in healthcare and the role of informed consent: Ethical and practical considerations. Clinical Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1177/14777509221094476

Lorenzini, Giorgia, Shaw, David Martin, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). It takes a pirate to know one: ethical hackers for healthcare cybersecurity. BMC Medical Ethics, 23(1), 131. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-022-00872-y

Martani, Andrea, Erard, Frédéric, Casonato, Carlo, & Elger, Bernice Simone. (2022). The devil is in the details: an analysis of patient rights in Swiss cancer registries. Journal of Medical Ethics, 48(12), 1048–1053. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107564

Mussie, Kirubel Manyazewal, Elger, Bernice Simone, Kaba, Mirgissa, Pageau, Félix, & Wienand, Isabelle. (2022). Bioethical Implications of Vulnerability and Politics for Healthcare in Ethiopia and The Ways Forward. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-022-10210-x

Pageau, Félix, Seaward, Helene, Habermeyer, Elmar, Elger, Bernice, & Wangmo, Tenzin. (2022). Loneliness and social isolation among the older person in a Swiss secure institution: a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 90. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02764-7

Rakic, Milenko, Hengartner, Heinz, Lüer, Sonja, Scheinemann, Katrin, Elger, Bernice S, & Rost, Michael. (2022). A national survey of Swiss paediatric oncology care providers’ cross-cultural competences. Swiss Medical Weekly, 152. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2022.w30223

Rauch, Sebastian, Rakic, Milenko, Hengartner, Heinz, Elger, Bernice, & Rost, Michael. (2022). Access to paediatric oncology centres in Switzerland: Disparities across rural-urban and Swiss-foreigners cohorts. European Journal of Cancer Care, 31(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13679

Rost, Michael, De Clercq, Eva, Büchler, Andrea, & Elger, Bernice. (2022). Ethische und rechtliche Einordnung zur Autonomie Gebärender - Encadrement éthique et juridique de l’autonomie des parturientes. Obstetrica, 44–47. Schweizerischer Hebam­men­verband (SHV).

Rost, Michael, Espeli, Vittoria, Ansari, Marc, von der Weid, Nicolas, Elger, Bernice S., & De Clercq, Eva. (2022). Covid-19 and beyond: Broadening horizons about social media use in oncology. A survey study with healthcare professionals caring for youth with cancer. Health Policy and Technology, 11(3), 100610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100610

Shaw, David, Wildhaber, Barbara E., Martin, Anne-Laure, Elger, Bernice S., & Brierley, Joe. (2022). Ethical versus psychological issues in paediatric organ donation: an analysis of UK and Swiss practice. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 115(1), 5–11. https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768211029141

Eichinger, Johanna, Elger, Bernice S., Koné, Insa, Filges, Isabel, Shaw, David, Zimmermann, Bettina, & McLennan, Stuart. (2021). The full spectrum of ethical issues in pediatric genome-wide sequencing: a systematic qualitative review. BMC Pediatrics, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02830-w