Health Law, Human Rights And the Biomedicine Convention: Essays in Honour of Henriette Roscam Abbing

Roscam Abbing, H. D. C. (Editor)/ Hondius, E. H. (Editor)/ Hubben, J. H. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9004148221 / ISBN 13: 9789004148222

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health Law, Human Rights And the Biomedicine Convention: Essays in Honour of Henriette Roscam Abbing
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004148221
• ISBN 13: 9789004148222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.66 kilograms

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Synopsis

In 1997, the Council of Europe established the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine. It is generally regarded as an important addition to the general human rights laid down in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950), in particular with a view to the developments in modern biology and medicine. The Biomedicine Convention, which entered into force in 2000, is a framework treaty, meaning that a number of issues have to be dealt with or will be elaborated in additional Protocols; at this moment, three such Protocols have already been opened for signature.
This volume of essays, written in honour of Henriette Roscam Abbing upon her retirement as Professor of Health Law at the University of Utrecht, gives an overview of some of the most important issues raised by the Convention. In six parts, this volume discusses the basic concepts and leading principles; the provision of services; the rights of patients; research; human tissue and genetics; and the implementation of the Convention.

Review

"It is a well-written and welcome addition to the library of bioethics scholars and health lawyers, or anyone interested in the intersections among health law, human rights and bioethics. This text should be indispensable and required reading for anyone interested in these domains. It is also an appropriate supplement text for postgraduate students studying health law and bioethics."

Janet Brewer, Medical Law Review, 2007