Biomedicine and human rights
Subtitle: the Oviedo Convention and its additional protocols
Publisher: Council of Europe Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9789287166623
Subjects: Bioethics; Medical ethics; Biotechnology; Transplantation of organs, tissues; Law and legislation; Human experimentation in medicine; Informed consent (Medical law); Human cloning; Human rights; Medical Ethics; Ethics; Genetic Testing; Organ Transplantation; Legislation & jurisprudence; Tissue Transplantation; Research Subjects; Informed Consent; Organism Cloning; Human Rights; Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine
Other titles: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (1997)
Description: "The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, also referred to as the "Oviedo Convention", celebrated the 10th anniversary of its entry into force in 2009. This legally binding instrument aims to protect the integrity, dignity and identity of all human beings and guarantees everyone, without discrimination, the respect for their rights and fundamental freedoms with regard to the application of biology and medicine. It shares with the European Convention on Human Rights the same underlying approach and many ethical principles, and provides a general framework for the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms in the field of biomedicine. The Oviedo Convention also addresses new challenges in biomedicine that are brought about by technological and scientific developments, making it a reference text for patient rights at the European level. The principles laid down in the Oviedo Convention were further developed and complemented in additional protocols in specific fields: prohibition of cloning of human beings, transplantation of organs and tissues of human origin, and biomedical research and genetic testing for health purposes."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "French edition: Biomédecine et droits de l'homme"--Verso t.p.

"December 2009."