UNESCO. Casebook on Human Dignity and Human Rights, Bioethics Core Curriculum

Casebook Series, No. 1, 2011, UNESCO: Paris, 144 pp.
ISBN: 978-92-3-104202-7Acknowledgement
ForewordPrivacy
Physician’s rights
A patient’s right to personal medical information
Objection to unapproved treatment
The right to life with dignity
Withdrawal of medical care from minors at the terminal stage of life
Witholding life-saving treatment
End of life considerations
Pain relief
Right of refusal
End of life
Forced treatment of the mentally ill
Bone marrow donation by a mentally ill patient
Refusing life-saving treatment on behalf of a minor
A minor refusing life-saving treatment because of faith
Refusing treatment due to religious beliefs
Informed consent
Information required for informed consent
Information about alternative treatments
Acting without prior consent due to an unforeseen medical problem
Special importance of informed consent for irreversible procedures
Irreversible procedures performed on mentally disabled patients without consent
Respecting patients’ decisions
Equality in providing health services
A state’s obligation to provide emergency medical care
Claim of ‘wrongful life’
Obligatory vaccination
Protecting a prisoner’s dignity
Unauthorised sperm extraction for spousal infertilization
Reference list of judicial cases