© 2002 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
EDITORIAL
Human rights
Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on medical law
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Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Caroline Neenan;
caroline.neenan@1cor.com
Not only is the right to life protected by law but the state should take steps to safeguard life
Keywords: medical law; human rights; right to die
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This article focuses on the interplay between the right to life enshrined in Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)* and the prohibition on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment contained in Article 3 and the practice of medicine.
The concept that everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law enjoins the state not only to refrain from taking life intentionally but, further, to take appropriate steps to safeguard life.1
The domestic courts have not made a finding on the funding of treatment since incorporation. In 1995 the Court of Appeal held that the Cambridgeshire Health Authority was entitled not to fund very expensive medical treatment for a young child which was unlikely to prolong her life for more than a few months.2 The courts are unlikely to reach a different view today. It is clear that to interpret the state’s duty to safeguard
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