Significance of the Constitutional Category of Personal Dignity in Bioethics and Medicine

The article raises the question of the dignity of the individual in the field of bioethics and medicine. The author notes that today the number of situations in medicine and law is increasing when it is necessary to make a difficult ethical choice, while relying on the priority of the value of human life. This scientific work focuses on the fact that, despite a number of contradictions, bioethics, law and medicine have common values — human life and dignity. The paper analyzes the works of domestic and foreign authors devoted to bioethics and its correlation with the rules of law. In particular, the terminological aspect is considered. Having conducted a comprehensive study of dogmatic sources, the author offers her own version of the definition of the dignity of the individual as a category in the field of somatic and bioethical rights. Since the relationship between bioethics, medicine and law is quite young for the Russian Federation, there are a number of gaps in our legal system. The author of the article talks about the prospects for the gradual development of legal regulation of relations related to bioethics and medicine, which will lead to the minimization of such gaps.

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