The Brocher Foundation: research on the ethical, legal and social implications of medical progress

Abstract

The Brocher Foundation is a multidisciplinary reflection center that brings together, in residence or in the form of colloquia, experts to discuss the ethical, legal and social implications of medical development and biotechnology (ELSI). The results of the research carried out there and of the exchanges conducted provide an essential insight into fundamental questions that concern us all.

The Foundation is internationally recognized as one of the most significant platform for discussion on all issues related to bioethics in its broadest sense. It is positioned as the dialogue partner of a rapidly growing world of medical research. Already working closely with the Swiss and international academic sphere as well as international organizations, it aims to become a privileged interlocutor of political and economic decision-makers.