Advancements in computer technology and telecommunications have meant that all diagnostic images can now be acquired as digital signals, however the ethicolegal concepts surrounding this innovation remain unclear. In the UK there are limited practice guidelines on legal issues relating specifically to telemedicine or teleradiology. It is not yet clear whether the current law relates to telemedi...

Legal and ethical issues form an important component of modern research, related to the subject and researcher. This article seeks to briefly review the various international guidelines and regulations that exist on issues related to informed consent, confidentiality, providing incentives and various forms of research misconduct. Relevant original publications (The Declaration of Helsinki, Belm...

Emissions trading systems as a means of air pollution control have been developed in recent years to address some important limitations of traditional command and control environmental regulation. Trading systems address many of the inefficiencies of command systems and may promote cost-effectiveness by introducing flexibility and providing incentives for sources with lower control costs to und...

Since the discovery of recombinant DNA techniques in the 1970s, the identification of diseaserelated genes has rested on epidemiologic data (1, 2). The implications of gene identification for research subjects, for the transition to clinical practice, for clinical practice itself, and, finally, for society at large form the basis of this review. The ethical issues inherent in genetic testing ha...

assistive technologies have always opened new horizons in human’s life, posed solutions to problems and brought relief and prosperity for human beings. iranian judicial authorities have recently recognized the importance of medical technologies. accordingly, iranian legal system has recognized surrogacy and a surrogacy contract seems unavoidable for surrogacy to be legally valid, socially accep...

Introduction: The article is devoted to the analysis of legal category «internal affairs bodies» and related categories that specify composition state apparatus. Rationale determined by provisions theoretical doctrinal nature, which vaguely formulate concept bodies», based on formal–legal criterion substantive features law enforcement segment apparatus.
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An effective public health strategy against the development of antimicrobial drug resistance needs to be informed by legal as well as scientific analysis. This article describes some legal issues arising from current efforts against antimicrobial resistance and underscores the interdependence between law and public health in these efforts.