Shared decision making: evaluation of German medical students' preferences.

Rationale: Current medical student perceptions of patient centredness and the priorities of students for a change in medical care were investigated.

Methods: We conducted an observational study using questionnaires at the University of Leipzig in Germany. In total, 188 consecutive medical students attending the Department of General Medicine participated in this study.

Epidemiological investigation on chronic copper toxicity to children exposed via the public drinking water supply.

Copper in drinking water has been associated with Non-Indian Childhood Cirrhosis (NICC), a form of early childhood liver cirrhosis. This epidemiological study examines the exposition of infants to increased copper concentrations through drinking water from public water supplies in Berlin, Germany, and if this dietary copper intake can cause liver damage in early childhood. In total, water samples from 2944 households with infants were tested for copper.