The Problems of Human Dignity and Human Rights in the Context of Bioethics

Authors

Tatevik PIRUMYAN Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi
Susanna DAVTYAN Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v11i2.219

Keywords:

human dignity, human rights, informed consent, medical experimentations, ethics, bioethics

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the principles of human dignity and human rights from the viewpoint of bioethics, describes the development and modifications of the concepts of “human dignity” and “human rights” in different historical stages. The main purpose of the article’s detailed observation is a complete and true perception of the problems of human dignity and human rights in the contemporary globalized world. To implement the above-mentioned aim, the paper deals with different international conventions and declarations: Convention for the Protection of Human and Dignity of the human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention of Human Rights and Biomedicine, European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights and Biomedicine: The Oviedo Convention and its Protocols, The Nuremberg Code, The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, WMA Declaration of Geneva, WMA Declaration of Helsinki and WMA Declaration of Lisbon on the rights of the patient.

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Author Biographies

Tatevik PIRUMYAN, Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi

Tatevik PIRUMYAN (PhD) is a lecturer of the Department of Social Sciences, Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi, Yerevan, Armenia. Her areas of interests include social philosophy, politi-cal philosophy, ethics, bioethics, globalisation and modern philosophy. Pirumyan is the author of more than 10 scientific articles. Recent publications: ―Tolerance as a Sociocultural Norm of Formation of Relations between ‗The Insider‘ and ‗The Outsider‘‖, ―The Problem of Tolerance on Bioethics: Doctor-Patient Relationship‖, ―Tolerance as a Constructive Mechanism of Dialogue in the Field of Healthcare‖, ―Cultural Dialogue in the Context of the Failure of Multiculturalism‖.

Susanna DAVTYAN, Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi

Susanna DAVTYAN (Dr.) is Associate Professor of the Department of Social Sciences, Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi, Yerevan, Armenia, Head of the Armenian Unit of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Haifa. Her areas of interest include philosophy, sociology, aesthetics, bioethics. Davtyan is the author of more than 75 scientific works. Among them 2 monographs, 9 handouts, me-thodical recommendations, articles, 1 manual on Bioethics approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of RA as a Manual for students of medical universities. Recent publications: ―Experimental Course of Bioethics upon the Bioethics Core Curriculum of UNESCO‖, ―Protection of Human Rights and Dignity: Bioethical Aspects‖, ―Mkhitar Gosh's Medieval Law Code and the Implications for Arme-nian Communities‖.

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2018-12-24

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PIRUMYAN, T., & DAVTYAN, S. (2018). The Problems of Human Dignity and Human Rights in the Context of Bioethics. WISDOM, 11(2), 33–41. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v11i2.219

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