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16128850

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
The latest (June 2005) draft of UNESCO's proposed Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights is a major disappointment. The committee of government 'experts' that produced it made sure that it would not introduce any new obligations for States, and so the document simply restates existing agreements and lists desirable goals without specifying how they can be achieved. This article focuses on the shortcomings of the document as it would apply to health care. These shortcomings are evident in the document's scope, aims and principles. The conclusion is that if UNESCO still thinks that such a declaration is needed, it should produce either an ethical document addressed to individuals and groups, which would be primarily educational in nature, or a legal document addressed to States, which should not have the word 'ethics' in its title.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1471-8731
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
KIE
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
210-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Unesco's proposed Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights - a bland compromise.
pubmed:affiliation
Director of Ethics, World Medical Association, B.P. 63, 01212 Ferney-Voltaire Cedex, France, williams@wma.net.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article