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Ethical and Legal Considerations at the Intersection of Human Rights and Biomedicine: An In-depth Investigation

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Dr. Ivneet Walia, Dr. Navtika Singh Nautiyal & Dr. Ripal Gupta
ยป doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.14.2024.7663-7676

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In the modern biomedical setting, once the sphere of human rights and medical morality gets intertwined, a plenitude of different issues arises. Initially, the cornerstone of human rights, including fundamental principles in international declaration instruments and conventions is the basis for biomedical practice. Moreover, the rise of biomedical engineering, including genetic engineering, organ transplantation, and assisted reproductive techniques, stimulated the development of novel ethical questions related to the issues of individual rights, privacy, and discrimination possibilities. Ethics of the developments require very thorough consideration so that scientific evolution and progress do not clash with the key human rights principles. On the other hand, the imports of healthcare law and legislature also bring another dimension to complicated contemporary discourse. Legal frameworks have to be carefully crafted to maintain the freedom of the individual and also promote public health interests. Such a situation often entails that the laws are to be interpreted differently every time depending on the changing society's values. Another example of inequity is the unequal distribution of healthcare facilities and facilitates, and the differences in the treatment outcomes all serve to expose the systemic injustices that impede human rights delivery in bio-medicine. What is needed to get beyond these harmful crooked issues is not only applying ethical concepts but also tackling structural inequalities and the promotion of equity in the healthcare systems. In summary, the establishment of the ethics and the law structures that cater to the protection of human rights in biomedicine and healthcare is essential for the affirmation of the dignity, autonomy and wellness of individuals in the healthcare systems. Therefore, this paper remains the key evidence for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. Such calls for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaborative endeavours intended to guarantee ethically sound and legally effective biomedical practices that in turn, will ensure respect and protection of human rights are hereby relevant

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