Pezi Mang, M.A.
Research associate, Ph.D. student
Office address:
Lessingstr. 2
Room 1.03
80336 Munich
Profile
Pezi Mang is a public health researcher, registered nurse, and medical ethicist. After completing her advanced clinical training in Intermediate Care (IMC) at the University Hospital Regensburg and working as a nurse in various clinical settings, she obtained her master’s degree in public health at LMU Munich. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, where she investigates advance planning in intrapartum care and has previously worked on ethical questions related to prenatal decision-making and end-of-life care. She has contributed to qualitative research with parents of critically ill infants and collaborates on the development of educational formats on preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and abortion.
Further information
Advance Care Planning in Medically Attended Birth: An Empirical–Ethical Investigation
Funding: Doctoral scholarship awarded by the Cusanuswerk
Funding period: 11/2025–10/2028
Principal Investigator: M.Sc. Pezi V. Mang
Supported by: Dr. rer. biol. hum. Katja Kuehlmeyer, Dipl.-Psych.
Thesis Advisory Committee:
The project investigates the current practice of birth planning in German-speaking region and analyzes to what extent existing approaches are adequate and should be complemented by elements of Advance Care Planning (ACP). Birth plans are increasingly used and reflect a growing need among pregnant women for self-determined decisions regarding medical interventions during childbirth. The focus is on whether and how structured advance planning (e.g., through coordination among key actors) can support decision-making processes in medically attended births. While ACP has so far been primarily established in the context of medical decision-making in situations involving loss of decision-making capacity, the approach has hardly been investigated in obstetrics to date. The project addresses this research gap and contributes to the ethical and empirical evaluation of advance planning processes in intrapartum care.
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