[Responsibility in medicine--from the dialog viewpoint].

The rapid progress in modern medicine puts a strong strain on the question of trust and responsibility within the doctor-patient-relationship. More control has increasingly been demanded but has not provided any satisfying solutions so far. No clear point of view can be discerned in the present discussion about responsibility.

[Effect of major epidemics on cultural awareness].

Mankind has been stricken with "major" epidemic diseases throughout its history. The most serious among them immediately threaten man's life e.g.

[Use of antibacterial chemotherapy. A historical comparison].

The real breakthrough to successful antibacterial chemotherapy was caused by the development of sulfonamides and penicillin. Subsequently numerous other antibiotics were developed and successfully applied. Whilst both the percentage share as well as the resistance pattern with different bacterial strains has remained more or less stable in Europe as well as in the US over the past ten years, staphylococci, especially Staphylococcus epidermidis, appear to increase consistently.