Human dignity: a proposal of a bioethics framework based on principles

Authors

  • Aline Albuquerque Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Brasília, Distrito Federal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18759/rdgf.v18i3.1140

Keywords:

Human dignity. Bioethics. Principles. Patient. Health care.

Abstract

The idea that human dignity is a value is not sufficient to confer operability, so it should emanate prescriptive provisions, such as the principle of respect to the person; no the instrumentalization and the prohibition of humiliating, inhuman or degrading treatment. Considering a methodological perspective, it is a theoretical research based on a survey of bioethics literature. We have concluded that the principles of respect to the person; non instrumentalization and prohibition of humiliating, inhuman or degrading treatment are operating normative commands able to materialize the dignity of the patient. Thus, bioethical reflection on the patient healthcare from the perspective of human dignity should be taken into account the principles object of this investigation, because they are relevant ethical foundation for the analysis of ethical issues carried out by Hospital Bioethics Committees and Ethical Review Committees.

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Author Biography

Aline Albuquerque, Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Brasília, Distrito Federal

Doutora em Ciências da Saúde/Bioética pela Universidade Brasília e Visiting Scholar do Instituto de Ética Biomédica da Universidade de Zurique, possui graduação em Direito pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1996), mestrado em Direito pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1999) e especialização em Bioética pela Universidade de Brasília (2004). É Advogada da União no Ministério da Saúde, pesquisadora da Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética da UnB, e líder da Linha de Pesquisa Bioética e Direitos Humanos. É professora do Mestrado e Doutorado da Pós-Graduação em Bioética da Cátedra UNESCO de Bioética da UnB e professora de Direitos Humanos do Centro Universitário de Brasília. É 1ª Secretária da Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética, e integrante da RedBioética UNESCO para América Latina e Caribe. Tem experiência na área de Direito, com ênfase em Bioética, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: bioética, direitos humanos, especificamente direito humano à saúde.

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Published

2017-12-29

How to Cite

Albuquerque, A. (2017). Human dignity: a proposal of a bioethics framework based on principles. Revista De Direitos E Garantias Fundamentais, 18(3), 111–138. https://doi.org/10.18759/rdgf.v18i3.1140