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The shrinking of human rights: the controversial revision of the Helsinki Declaration.

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Botbol-Baum, Mylene [UCL]

The right of access to health care for HIV patients in developing countries has been weakened by the 1999 revision of the Helsinki Declaration. There is a dichotomy between discussions of human rights and liberal international public health policy. Utilitarian ethics, devoid of a sound notion of universal justice, encourage discrimination against economically vulnerable patients in developing countries. Greater coherence is needed between ethical principles and practical issues, particularly with regard to scientific research.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article
Publication date 2000
Journal information "HIV medicine" - Vol. 1, no. 4, p. 238-45 (2000)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 1464-2662
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - MD/FIMD - Unité de philosophie des sciences biomédicales
MESH Subject AIDS Vaccines ; Clinical Trials as Topic ; Conflict of Interest ; Developing Countries ; Drugs, Investigational ; Ethics, Medical ; Health Services Accessibility ; Helsinki Declaration ; Human Rights - economics ; Humans ; Poverty ; World Health
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Bibliographic reference Botbol-Baum, Mylene. The shrinking of human rights: the controversial revision of the Helsinki Declaration.. In: HIV medicine, Vol. 1, no. 4, p. 238-45 (2000)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/29535