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Will international human rights subsume medical ethics? Intersections in the UNESCO Universal Bioethics Declaration.

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Journal of Medical Ethics, 01 Mar 2005, 31(3):173-178
https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2004.006502 PMID: 15738440 PMCID: PMC1734116

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The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is currently drafting a Universal Bioethics Declaration ("the declaration"). The content and even the name of the declaration has yet to be finalized, but it is expected to range widely over human and non-human bioethics. It appears likely to include many articles directly related to medical ethics. The declaration may well evolve, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into a component of international customary law, or be the precursor to an International Convention on Bioethics. This article discusses whether this process will facilitate bioethics and, in particular, medical ethics, being subsumed by the normative system of international human rights.

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J Med Ethics. 2005 Mar; 31(3): 173–178.
PMCID: PMC1734116
PMID: 15738440

Will international human rights subsume medical ethics? Intersections in the UNESCO Universal Bioethics Declaration

T Faunce
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