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Autodeterminazione del paziente, obiezione di coscienza e obblighi di servizio pubblico: brevi considerazioni sulla struttura del diritto alla salute
2020
L’articolo ha ad oggetto il tema del diritto alla salute e dei conseguenti oneri organizzativi che gravano sulla amministrazione sanitaria. In particolare, l’attenzione è rivolta a quelle prestazioni che riguardano le c.d. questioni eticamente sensibili, dall’interruzione volontaria di gravidanza alla richiesta di sospensione del trattamento sanitario, rispetto alle quali, a fronte della richiesta del paziente, l’operatore sanitario potrebbe sollevare obiezione di coscienza. Al riguardo, dall’analisi della giurisprudenza costituzionale e amministrativa, emerge la possibilità di considerare una diversa struttura del diritto alla salute, come diritto di libertà la cui realizzazione implica l’…
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS AFTER 70 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
2018
In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the first international text recognising universal human rights for all; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 25 recognises the right to an adequate standard of living, which includes the right to health and medical care. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Declaration, this article presents an overview of the main developments that have been made towards understanding the content and implications of the right to health, as well as an analysis of some specific advancements that aim to facilitate the enforcement thereof. These include: a) the implication of private entities as responsible for right to health…
Vaccinazioni obbligatorie e diritti fondamentali: la paradossale condizione del minore alla luce del DL n. 73/2017
2019
The aim of this essay is to reflect on the governance of unvaccinated Italian children aged between zero and six years, due to the new regulatory system on mandatory vaccination in Italy (Law Decree no. 73/2017, converted into Law no. 119/2017). In order to strengthen and protect the right to health, the Italian government first, and then the lawmakers, set forth a specific prohibition preventing unvaccinated children from attending preschool, whether public or private. The first part of this paper deals with the opportunity to translate the access to preschool in the language of fundamental rights. It will then move to a deep analysis of D.-L. no. 73/2017 and its coercive system, with a vi…
Igualdad y no discriminación en tiempo de pandemia
2021
[ES] El presente trabajo realiza un análisis de cuál ha sido el impacto que el SARS-Cov-2 ha tenido en diversos grupos sociales, desde el prisma de la confrontación de los determinantes sociales y legales de la salud. En el texto se argumenta la visión crítica que se debe afrontar frente a la utilización de los últimos por suponer la invisibilización de patrones subordiscriminatorios dentro del contexto social actual. [EN] This article analyses the impact that SARS-Cov-2 has had on various social groups, by confronting of the social and legal determinants of health. The text argues that a critical view that must be hold in the use of the latter, as it disregards subordinate patterns of disc…