The right to health between eugenetic selection and the dignity of a person

• Autores: Aldo Rocco Vitale
• Localización: Medicina y Ética: Revista internacional de bioética, deontología y ética médica, ISSN-e 2594-2166, ISSN 0188-5022, Vol. 30, Nº. 2 (abril-junio/April-June), 2019, págs. 337-374
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Right to health between eugenetic selection and dignity of a person.

    The article examines the issue about the right to health between the eugenetic selection and human dignity.

    The right to health is claimed in assisted reproductive techno- logies, in abortion, in euthanasia. In these three situations, the right to health is understood as public and as an individual.

    In this perspective, the right to health is to be found in the middle between the desire to select eugenically people and the duty to respect their dignity. However, what is the right to health? Moreover, what is dignity? These questions are answered in the following work.