Patuzzo Sara, Pulice Elisabetta
School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.
J Med Ethics. 2017 Jan;43(1):41-46. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-102963. Epub 2016 Oct 8.
The feasibility of a common European code of medical ethics is discussed, with consideration and evaluation of the difficulties such a project is going to face, from both the legal and ethical points of view. On the one hand, the analysis will underline the limits of a common European code of medical ethics as an instrument for harmonising national professional rules in the European context; on the other hand, we will highlight some of the potentials of this project, which could be increased and strengthened through a proper rulemaking process and through adequate and careful choice of content. We will also stress specific elements and devices that should be taken into consideration during the establishment of the code, from both procedural and content perspectives. Regarding methodological issues, the limits and potentialities of a common European code of medical ethics will be analysed from an ethical point of view and then from a legal perspective. The aim of this paper is to clarify the framework for the potential but controversial role of the code in the European context, showing the difficulties in enforcing and harmonising national ethical rules into a European code of medical ethics.
本文讨论了欧洲医学伦理共同准则的可行性，并从法律和伦理角度对该项目可能面临的困难进行了考量和评估。一方面，分析将强调欧洲医学伦理共同准则作为协调欧洲各国专业规则的工具的局限性；另一方面，我们将突出该项目的一些潜力，这些潜力可通过适当的规则制定过程以及对内容进行充分且谨慎的选择来加以提升和强化。我们还将强调在准则制定过程中，从程序和内容角度都应考虑的具体要素和手段。关于方法论问题，将先从伦理角度，再从法律角度分析欧洲医学伦理共同准则的局限性和潜力。本文旨在阐明该准则在欧洲背景下可能发挥但颇具争议的作用的框架，揭示将各国伦理规则纳入欧洲医学伦理共同准则并加以执行和协调所面临的困难。
