Health and Humanitarian Concerns : : Principles and Ethics.

• Superior document: Nijhoff Law Specials Series ; v.5
• Author: Zielinski, Henryk Leszek.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1994.; ©1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff Law Specials Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (137 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- A. About the Work -- B. How to Use The Guidelines and Exercises -- II. RC/RC HUMANITARIAN MANDATE -- A. Introductory Considerations -- B. Unique Character of the Red Cross/Red Crescent -- C. Ethical Codes and RC/RC Health Professionals -- D. List of References for Further Reading -- III. HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS IN ACTION - AWARENESS EXERCISES - -- A. Natural Disasters and Breaches of Principles and Ethics -- B. Forced Feeding -- C. Torture or Ill-treatment -- D. Participation in Punishment -- E. Assistance to the Abused and Neglected -- F. Biomedical Research -- G. Selling of Organs -- H. HIV and AIDS Discrimination -- I. Blood Donation -- J. Consent for Surgery -- K. List of References for Further Reading -- IV. CONCLUSION -- V. ANNEXES -- A. ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY -- B. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES -- 1. The Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - 1965, revised in 1986 -- C. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS -- 1. Declaration of Geneva (a modern oath for physicians adopted by the World Medical Assembly) - 1948, revised in 1968 and 1983 -- 2. International Code of Medical Ethics (adopted by the World Medical Assembly) - 1949, revised in 1968 and 1983 -- 3. Code for Nurses (Ethical Concepts Applied to Nursing) - 1953, revised in 1965, 1973, and 1989 -- D. HUMAN RIGHTS -- 1. United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 1948 -- 2. World Medical Association Resolution on Human Rights - 1990 -- 3. Declaration of Lisbon - The Rights of the Patient (adopted by the World Medical Assembly) - 1981 -- E. TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT.

1. Declaration of Tokyo (Guidelines for Medical Doctors Concerning Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment) - 1975 -- 2. The Nurse's Role in the Care of Detainees and Prisoners (International Council of Nurses Position Statement)- 1986 -- 3. Principles of Medical Ethics Relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, Particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (adopted by United Nations Assembly) - 1982 -- 4. Declaration of Hawaii (The World Psychiatric Association's ethical guidelines for psychiatrists throughout the world) - 1977 -- F. NEGLECT AND ABUSE -- 1. World Medical Association Statement on Child Abuse and Neglect - 1990 -- 2. World Medical Association Declaration of Hong Kong on the Abuse of the Elderly - 1990 -- 3. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 2,3, &amp -- 34) - 1989 -- G. BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH -- 1. World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (Recommendations guiding physicians in biomedical research involving human subjects) - 1964, revised in 1975, 1983, and 1989 -- H. HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION -- 1. World Medical Association Declaration on Human Organ Transplantation - 1987 -- 2. Statement on Live Organ Trade (adopted by the World Medical Assembly) - 1985 -- 3. World Health Assembly Resolution 42.5 - Preventing the Purchase and Sale of Human Organs - 1989 -- I. VOLUNTARY AND NON-REMUNERATED BLOOD DONATION -- 1. Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' Statement on the Ethics of Voluntary, Non-Remunerated Blood Donation - 1990 -- J. AIDS -- 1. World Medical Association Statement on the Professional Responsibility of Physicians in Treating AIDS Patients - 1988.

2. Decision No. 24 of the VIth General Assembly of the League (Federation) - 1987 -- 3. Decision No. 31 of the VIIIth General Assembly of the League (Federation) - 1991.