Bioethics select laws and issues from around the world

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Subject: Bioethics, Medical genetics--Law and legislation
Authors: ,
Pages: 123 pages
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781629482804
Call No: QH332 B51573 2013
This book examines the field of bioethics from an international and regional legal perspective. It focuses on major international law documents such as the United Nations Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights and UNESCO declarations on human cloning and the human genome. Coverage of regional legal instruments includes the Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (the Oviedo Convention) and its Protocols on cloning, transplantation, and research with human beings. Work on surrogacy issues by the Hague Conference on Private International Law is also discussed, as are some African regional legal instruments on biosafety, and stem cell research.