Laws and Regulations Associated with Ownership of Human Biological Material in South Africa
S. Afr. j. bioeth. law
; a8(1): 11-18, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
Ownership with regard to human biological material (HBM) is addressed to some extent within South African law; specifically in chapter eight of the National Health Act (NHA) and its associated regulations. However; members of the legal fraternity struggle to conceptualise ownership of such materials without objectifying a person or people and risking reducing such individuals to a state of property. This then infers a reduction in human dignity by rendering one-self or parts of that same self as a commodity. The complexity of the issue raises much debate both legally as well as ethically
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Propriedade
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Legislação
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Genética
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Planejamento em Saúde
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Jurisprudência
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Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
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S. Afr. j. bioeth. law
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article