Abstract
The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights contains several articles that relate specifically to the question of consent. Importantly, both the Declaration and the subsequent International Bioethics Committee Report on Consent, which is designed to explicate the relevant articles, link what was historically a legal concept to broader and more nuanced concepts such as respect for dignity, integrity and autonomy. The link between these concepts (and particularly that of autonomy) is explored in this contribution, as is the influence of the concept of consent on bioethics as a whole and the work of the International Bioethics Committee in particular.
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McLean, S.A.M. (2016). Consent and Bioethics. In: Bagheri, A., Moreno, J., Semplici, S. (eds) Global Bioethics: The Impact of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee. Advancing Global Bioethics, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22650-7_5
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