Human Rights and Biomedicine

Beschrijving

This book contains the lectures of an International Conference on Human Rights and Biomedicine, held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 10-12 December 2008 and organised by the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Erasmus Observatory on Health Law.brbrIn this publication, eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines medicine, law, ethics, and philosophy discuss the meaning of underlying principles of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine 1997 and fundamental rights in healthcare, contemporary dilemmas in healthcare policy and the Convention39;s impact on national health legislation and daily practice.brbrIn particular, the following subjects are dealt with Human Rights and Health Ethics; Equitable Access to Health Care; Medical Research; Human Genetics, and Organ Transplantation.brbrWith contributions by Roberto Andorno, Tom Beauchamp, Martin Buijsen, Carlos Romeo-Casabona, Walter Devill, Elmar Doppelfeld, Andr den Exter, Henk ten Have, Erwin Kompanje, Rick Lawson, Hilde Lindemann, Herman Nys, Jrgen Robienski, Jrgen Simon, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost.brbrOver de auteursbrAndr den Exter is a lecturer on health law at the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam.