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Brunner Karin
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As part of my research, I am concerned with care-ethical and organizational challenges in the implementation of integrative medicine projects. The focus is on Spanish-language literature and field research in Latin America. The development of a care-organization model involving caring-architecture and a holistic vision of the human being, as well as cultural specificities with embeddedness in nature, is at the forefront of this research on the South American continent.
As part of my master's degree in applied ethics, with a focus on medical and nursing ethics and care ethics, I focused my research on ethics and human rights for integrative medicine. Representative of this topic, I researched the Latin American Mamá Cultiva movement for medical cannabis. This revealed a wide range of different forms of violence in health care. At CLAEH University in Uruguay, I researched the educational branch of medical humanism, which seeks to humanize medicine, improve doctor-patient relations, and improve mental hygiene for health professionals.
My book "Mamá Cultiva: Self-Help with Medical Cannabis in Latin America. Human Rights and Ethics for Integrative Medicine" is available from the publisher BoD, ISBN book: 978-3-7562-4626-7, e-book: 978-3-7562-4736-3 Mamá Cultiva: Self-Help with Medical Cannabis in Latin America (bod.de).
Keywords: care ethics, caring architecture, organizational development, medical and care ethics, integrative medicine, empowerment and health, human rights, Latin America, emancipatory health movements, structural violence, epistemic violence in health care, holistic view of humanity in medicine, ethnomedicine, traditional Andean medicine, alternative medicine, complementary medicine, medical pluralism, medical humanism, Mamá Cultiva, medical cannabis, palliative care.
Curriculum Vitae
Master in Applied Ethics (University of Graz), focus on care and organizational ethics, medical ethics; lawyer, holistic therapist and consultant. Studied law at the Universities of Graz and Trieste/Italy (1996). Worked in several law firms in Carinthia. Completed legal training with examination at the Higher Regional Court in Graz (2002). Several years of work as a legal and psychosocial counselor at the Carinthian Center for Protection against Violence and as a guardian ad litem. Doctoral studies in law at the University of Graz (2006), dissertation on contractual (old-age) pension claims in connection with the handover of houses and farms in the context of violence in families ("Übergabeverträge, Wohnungsrecht und Ausgedinge: Sicherheit oder Risiko bei Gewalt in Familien?" LexisNexis 2007). Since 2007, numerous study visits in South America, especially in Peru, Ecuador, in the Gran Chaco, the second largest forest area in Latin America, with a focus on the environment and human rights. Research stays in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil on topics of Integrative Medicine and Ethnomedicine. Daughter Diana (born 2008). Languages: German, Spanish, English. Training as holistic therapist in Uruguay and Ecuador.
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