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Introduction: The biomedicine convention / André den Exter
pt. 1. Setting the scene: human rights and health ethics. Dwelling on the threshold: on the interaction between the European Convention on human rights and the Biomedicine convention / Rick Lawson
Promoting and applying bioethics: the ethics programme of UNESCO / Henk ten Have
Universal principles and universal rights / Tom Beauchamp
pt. 2. Equitable access to health care. Equality and the right to health care / Martin Biujsen and André den Exter
The right to health care for vulnerable population groups in the Netherlands and Europe / Walter Devillé
pt. 3. Medical research. Appropriate regulations for different types of medical research / Elmar Doppelfeld
Regulatory discrepancies between the Council of Europe and the EU regarding biomedical research / Roberto Andorno
pt. 4. Genetics and health care rights. Recent developments in the legal discourse on genetic testing in Germany / Jürgen Robienski and Jürgen Simon
pt. 5. Patients rights. Patients' rights and human dignity / Carlos Romeo Casabona
Patient rights in the United States: beyond or behind the Convention / Tim Stoltzfus Jost
Protection of persons not able to consent: a feminist view / Hilde Lindemann
pt. 6. Organ transplantation. Legal protection of the deceased organ donor in Europe / Herman Nys
Organ donation from brain-dead donors: a dead end street / Erwin Kompanje
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About the Erasmus Observatory on Health Law
Annex: Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: convention on human rights and biomedicine.
pt. 1. Setting the scene: human rights and health ethics. Dwelling on the threshold: on the interaction between the European Convention on human rights and the Biomedicine convention / Rick Lawson
Promoting and applying bioethics: the ethics programme of UNESCO / Henk ten Have
Universal principles and universal rights / Tom Beauchamp
pt. 2. Equitable access to health care. Equality and the right to health care / Martin Biujsen and André den Exter
The right to health care for vulnerable population groups in the Netherlands and Europe / Walter Devillé
pt. 3. Medical research. Appropriate regulations for different types of medical research / Elmar Doppelfeld
Regulatory discrepancies between the Council of Europe and the EU regarding biomedical research / Roberto Andorno
pt. 4. Genetics and health care rights. Recent developments in the legal discourse on genetic testing in Germany / Jürgen Robienski and Jürgen Simon
pt. 5. Patients rights. Patients' rights and human dignity / Carlos Romeo Casabona
Patient rights in the United States: beyond or behind the Convention / Tim Stoltzfus Jost
Protection of persons not able to consent: a feminist view / Hilde Lindemann
pt. 6. Organ transplantation. Legal protection of the deceased organ donor in Europe / Herman Nys
Organ donation from brain-dead donors: a dead end street / Erwin Kompanje
Contributors
About the Erasmus Observatory on Health Law
Annex: Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: convention on human rights and biomedicine.