A Legal Framework for Bioethics

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-90-411-0523-3
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 256 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 213 g

Reihe: Nijhoff Law Specials

This comparative analysis of the legislation in the field of bioethics in several Western countries, especially in European Union member states, shows that there is a profound difference both in legislative policies and in the ethical principles enshrined by the laws.

Over the past few years, the field of bioethics has attempted to elaborate individual and collective behavioural codes in several fields, but it has come up against enormous difficulties. It has not even been possible to reach a consensus between different countries on the general principles (an example of this is the recent Convention on Bioethics endorsed by the Council of Europe).

The essays in this book highlight the differences between existing regulations in several countries and stress the need for a legal framework that could be shared by the widest range of national legislations.

Technological advances in the fields of biology and medicine, as well as progress in surgical treatments, mean that jurists the world over are faced with a common scientific reality. The task of the jurist must therefore be to engage in a comparative analysis so as to overcome the differences in national legislations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazzoni, Cosimo

Mazzoni, Cosimo Marco

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; C.M. Mazzoni. 2. From Bioethics to Biolaw; S. Fluss, L. Nielsen, P. Zatti. 3. What Rules for Procreation; A.M. Capron, C. Byk, F.D. Busnelli, D. Morgan. 4. Genetic Information; S. Rodotà, D. Nelkin, M. Ricolfi. 5. Marketing for Human Organs? H. Hansmann, E. Bernat, C.M. Mazzoni. 6. The Right to Die; I. Kennedy, C.A. Defanti, F. Giunta, P. Rescigno. Index.