Dr. sc. med. Johanna Eichinger MSc MA StEx

Work at ZHAW

Position

Co-Head of Research Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Rost, M., Montagnoli, C., & Eichinger, J. (2025). Causes of moral distress among midwives: A scoping review. Nursing Ethics, 32, 1-24.10.1177/09697330241281498
• Eichinger, J. (2025). Ektogenese – Wundermittel für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit? In Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society (pp. 161-193). 10.1007/978-3-658-46300-7_7
• Eichinger, J., Elger, B. S., McLennan, S., Filges, I., & Koné, I. (2024). Attitudes Towards Non-directiveness Among Medical Geneticists in Germany and Switzerland. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 21(4), 711-722. 10.1007/s11673-024-10355-x
• Eichinger, J., Büchler, A., Arnold, L., & Rost, M. (2024). Women’s and Provider’s Moral Reasoning About the Permissibility of Coercion in Birth: A Descriptive Ethics Study. Health Care Analysis, 32(3), 184-204. 10.1007/s10728-024-00480-4
• Eichinger, J. (2024). Ethical considerations in paediatric genome-wide sequencing [Doctoral Thesis].
• 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. 10.1038/s41431-023-01468-9
• Eichinger, J., Elger, B., Yi Jiao, T., Koné, I., & Shaw, D. M. (2023). Parents as secondary patients: Towards a more family-centred approach to care. Clinical Ethics, 18(4), 368-374. 10.1177/14777509231172317
• Eichinger, J., Dupont, A.-S., McLennan, S., Filges, I., Koné, I., & Elger, B. S. (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. 10.38023/0b3ef47c-978c-4321-a933-04dd49ef1080
• Fiske, A., Galasso, I., Eichinger, J., McLennan, S., Radhuber, I., Zimmermann, B., & Prainsack, B. (2022). The second pandemic: Examining structural inequality through reverberations of COVID-19 in Europe. Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114634. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114634 edoc
• Fiske, A., Schönweitz, F., Eichinger, J., Zimmermann, B., Hangel, N., Sierawska, A., McLennan, S., & Buyx, A. (2022). The COVID-19 Vaccine: Trust, doubt, and hope for a future beyond the pandemic in Germany. PLoS ONE, 17(4), e0266659. 10.1371/journal.pone.0266659
• Schönweitz, F., Eichinger, J., Kuiper, J. M. L., Ongolly, F., Spahl, W., Prainsack, B., & Zimmermann, B. M. (2022). The Social Meanings of Artifacts: Face Masks in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 829904. 10.3389/fpubh.2022.829904 edoc | Open Access
• Zimmermann BM, Wagenaar H, Kieslich K, Prainsack B, Meyers G, Buyx A, El-Sayed S, Fiske A, Galasso I, Geiger S, Hangel N, Horn R, Johnson S, Kuiper JML, Lucivero F, McLennan S, Paul KT, Pot M, Radhuber I, Samuel G, Sharon T, Siffels L, Van Hoyweghen I, Awad S, Bourgeron T, Eichinger J, Gaille M, Haddad C, Hayes S, Hoffman A, Jasser M, Kenens J, Lanzing M, Libert S, Lievevrouw E, Marelli L, Ongolly F, Phillips A, Pinel C, Riesinger K, Roberts S, Saxinger G, Schlogl L, Schönweitz F, Sierawska A, Spahl W, Stendahl E, Vanstreels S, Vidolov S, Weiss E. Democratic research: Setting up a research commons for a qualitative, comparative, longitudinal interview study during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM Qual Res Health. 2022 Dec;2:100158. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100158.
• Eichinger J, Elger BS, Koné I, Filges I, Shaw D, Zimmermann B, McLennan S. The full spectrum of ethical issues in pediatric genome-wide sequencing: a systematic qualitative review. BMC Pediatr. 2021 Sep 6;21(1):387. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02830-w.
• Zimmermann BM, Eichinger J, Baumgartner MR. A systematic review of moral reasons on orphan drug reimbursement. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021 Jun 30;16(1):292. doi: 10.1186/s13023-021-01925-y.
• Eichinger, J. & Eichinger, T. (2020). Procreation machines: Ectogenesis as reproductive enhancement, proper medicine or a step towards posthumanism? Bioethics, 34(4), 385-391. 10.1111/bioe.12708
• Eichinger, J. & Koné, I. (2020). How liberal is liberal eugenics? Bioethica Forum, 13(1), 3-31. https://doi.org/10.24894/bf.2020.13007
• Zimmermann BM, Eichinger J, Schönweitz F, Buyx A. Face mask uptake in the absence of mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study with Swiss residents. BMC Public Health. 2021 Nov 26;21(1):2171. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12215-4.
• Eichinger J, Elger BS, Koné I, Filges I, Shaw D, Zimmermann B, McLennan S. The full spectrum of ethical issues in pediatric genome-wide sequencing: a systematic qualitative review. BMC Pediatr. 2021 Sep 6;21(1):387. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02830-w

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