Ethics briefing

British Medical Association launches new report on emerging threats to global health-related rights On 7 April 2022 – coinciding with World Health Day – the British Medical Association (BMA) launched its new report, Health and human rights in the new world (dis)order.1 Written during the global upheaval triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, and published just weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the report responds to a range of emerging and intensifying threats to health-related human rights globally. As the report establishes, human rights in health and healthcare matter because human suffering, and its relief, are fundamental moral issues. As relief of human suffering is the primary purpose of medicine, it follows that doctors and other health professionals are often active in times of human challenge and extremity. During conflict, humanitarian crises, and, as we have so recently seen, global public health emergencies, health professionals are...
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics - Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Tags: Ethics briefing Source Type: research