Biomedical Donor Rights
Biomedical Recipient Rights
Discussion on the details of those proposals is welcome - preferably in those individual threads. Thanks!
So I've had this ... idea for a few months now. Of course, since the "idea" involves FIVE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS ... it took a bit of time to get off the ground. But here's what I have for you right now.
STEP ONE: The Repeals
(1) Organ and Blood Donations Act
(2) Stem Cells for Greater Health
I've been strongly against both for ... ages. I don't know that either repeal attempt (as being done by me) will surprise anyone. I think that the subjects are very similar and should be treated similarly on an international level. And that brings me/us to ...
STEP TWO: The Replacements
I've never replaced anything I've repealed myself. Because of my (IRL/OOC) medical background, this is one exception that I'm looking to make. I personally feel that both of these resolutions tried to do too much and didn't to much of it well, overall. As such, I "combined" the 2 concepts into "biomedical treatments" and covered 3 different arenas on the subject.
(1) Biomedical Treatment Rights - Human Rights, Significant
(2) Biomedical Innovation Organization - Education & Creativity, Education
(3) Biomedical Trade & Treatment - Free Trade, Mild
I'll admit it - my first draft as a replacement was ... a mess. I tried to focus on Free Trade and ended up all over the place - a category violation waiting to happen, probably. I ended up "forgetting that" and starting over - and writing in the order that I indend to submit (see above) - and ... that seemed to work much better. Of course, if both repeals don't pass, I doubt that I could submit any of the replacements. (Maybe - I honestly haven't checked, but it seems likely to conflict with the originals.)
Questions and concerns are certainly welcome. However, please do use the above links to jump easily between the different drafts and offer your thoughts.
STEP ONE: The Repeals
(1) Organ and Blood Donations Act
(2) Stem Cells for Greater Health
I've been strongly against both for ... ages. I don't know that either repeal attempt (as being done by me) will surprise anyone. I think that the subjects are very similar and should be treated similarly on an international level. And that brings me/us to ...
STEP TWO: The Replacements
I've never replaced anything I've repealed myself. Because of my (IRL/OOC) medical background, this is one exception that I'm looking to make. I personally feel that both of these resolutions tried to do too much and didn't to much of it well, overall. As such, I "combined" the 2 concepts into "biomedical treatments" and covered 3 different arenas on the subject.
(1) Biomedical Treatment Rights - Human Rights, Significant
(2) Biomedical Innovation Organization - Education & Creativity, Education
(3) Biomedical Trade & Treatment - Free Trade, Mild
I'll admit it - my first draft as a replacement was ... a mess. I tried to focus on Free Trade and ended up all over the place - a category violation waiting to happen, probably. I ended up "forgetting that" and starting over - and writing in the order that I indend to submit (see above) - and ... that seemed to work much better. Of course, if both repeals don't pass, I doubt that I could submit any of the replacements. (Maybe - I honestly haven't checked, but it seems likely to conflict with the originals.)
Questions and concerns are certainly welcome. However, please do use the above links to jump easily between the different drafts and offer your thoughts.
VERSION III:
BIOMEDICAL TREATMENT RIGHTS
Category: Human Rights | Strength: Significant | Proposed By: Mousebumples
Description:
THE WORLD ASSEMBLY:
BELIEVES that all individuals should be accorded specific rights with regards to medical procedures and, specifically, when dealing with treatment using biomedical tissues.
SPECIFIES that “biomedical tissues” shall include, at minimum, the following:DETAILS that "biomedical procedures" shall include, at minimum the donation, harvesting, transplantation, or transfusion of biomedical tissues.
- Blood and blood products, such as platelets and plasma.
- Organs, such as the kidneys, liver, and heart.
- Stem cells, such as bone marrow tissue, cord blood cells, embryonic stem cells, and adult stem cells.
DECLARES that prospective donors and recipients of biomedical tissues shall not be discriminated against without a valid medical rationale, such as blood and tissue typing or the presence of a dangerous contagion.
REQUIRES that all biomedical procedures shall involve:MANDATES that prospective recipients shall be given all medically relevant facts regarding the biomedical tissue(s) and procedure prior to obtaining their uncoerced, informed consent.
- Techniques that are as humane as is practicable using sterile technique.
- Testing and typing of the donated tissues to minimize negative transfusion reactions, biomedical tissue rejection, and the transference of disease or infection.
INSTRUCTS the WHA to allocate an appropriate portion of their budget to assist with:
- Legally completed advance health care directives (e.g. living will) shall be followed in order to respect the wishes of the individual in question.
- In the absence of a legally completed advance health care directive, legal guardians may provide uncoerced, informed consent on behalf of a donor or recipient in the event that the individual in question is under the age of majority or the individual in question is otherwise unable to understand the information and/or procedure.
- Individual WA Nations may pass laws allowing an individual’s next-of-kin to act as their legal guardian in the event that the individual in question has been medically classified by one or more qualified medical professionals as being irreversibly “brain dead” without completing an advance health care directive.
ALLOWS for WA member nations and their health care systems to triage of prospective recipients based on geographic location, if the biomedical tissue in question may decrease in quality during the transport process, and/or medically relevant factors (e.g. medical need).
- Providing necessary medications and preventative treatments with regards to biomedical treatments in nations that are otherwise unable to afford such medications and treatments.
- Engineering a low-cost and effective set of procedures for storing and maintaining previously donated biomedical tissues, which shall include at minimum:
- Medically relevant details with regards to the results of the typing and testing that has been done.
- Procedures to prevent the unintended or incorrect transplant or transfusion of biomedical tissues (e.g. the wrong biomedical tissues, etc.)
PERMITS WA member nations and their health care systems to delay in biomedical treatments due to a co-existing medical condition, which may place the treatment tissues at risk of rejection or infection.CLARIFIES that this resolution shall in no way prohibit further legislation on this subject, provided that it does not contradict with this text or extant international law.
- If such a medical condition exists, all reasonable attempts shall be made at treatment so as to allow the transplant to occur.
- WA member nations may match donors and recipients based on such a medical condition in the event of biomedical tissue shortages, if such a match is determined to be in the best medical interests of the recipient.
Version II:
(Markup free version within the thread.)
(Markup free version within the thread.)
BIOMEDICAL TREATMENT RIGHTS
Category: Human Rights | Strength: Significant | Proposed By: Mousebumples
Description:
THE WORLD ASSEMBLY:
BELIEVES that all individuals should be accorded specific rights with regards to medical procedures and, specifically, when dealing with the harvesting and transplantation of biomedical tissues.
SPECIFIES that “biomedical tissues” shall include, at minimum, the following:
- Blood and blood products, such as platelets and plasma.
- Organs, such as the kidneys, liver, and heart.
- Stem cells, such as bone marrow tissue, cord blood cells, embryonic stem cells, and adult stem cells.
INSISTSDECLARES that prospective donors and recipients of biomedical tissues shall not be discriminated against without a valid medical rationale, such as blood and tissue typing or the presence of a dangerous contagion.
MANDATES that all prospective donors and recipients agree to the procedure(s) with uncoerced, informed consent prior to any harvesting or transplantation.
REQUIRES that all medical procedures involving biomedical tissues be conducted as humanely as practicable using sterile technique.
INSISTS that legally completed advance health care directives (e.g. living will) shall be followed in order to respect the wishes of the individual in question.
PERMITS the following:ALLOWS for the following:
- In the absence of a legally completed advance health care directive, legal guardians
tomay provide uncoerced, informed consent on behalf of a donor or recipient in the eventof any of the following:that the individual in question is under the age of majority or the individual in question is otherwise unable to understand the information and/or procedure.CLARIFIES thatIndividual WA Nations may pass laws allowing an individual’s next-of-kinmayto act as their legal guardian in the event that the individual in question has been medically classified by one or more qualified medical professionals as being irreversibly “brain dead” without completing an advance health care directive.
- Triage of prospective recipients based on:
- Medical need.
- Geographic location if the biomedical tissue in question may decrease in quality during the transport process.
- Delay in transplantation due to a co-existing medical condition, which may place the transplanted biomedical tissues at risk of rejection or infection. If such a medical condition exists, all reasonable attempts shall be made at treatment so as to allow the transplant to occur.
- Passage of national laws regarding the payment and/or reimbursement for lost wages to donors of biomedical tissues.
MEDICAL DONATION RIGHTS
Category: Human Rights | Strength: Significant | Proposed By: Mousebumples
Description:
THE WORLD ASSEMBLY:
BELIEVES that all individuals should be accorded specific rights with regards to medical procedures and, specifically, when dealing with the harvesting and transplantation of biomedical tissues.
SPECIFIES that “biomedical tissues” shall include, at minimum, the following:INSISTS that prospective donors and recipients of biomedical tissues shall not be discriminated against without a valid medical rationale, such as blood and tissue typing or the presence of a dangerous contagion.
- Blood and blood products, such as platelets and plasma.
- Organs, such as the kidneys, liver, and heart.
- Stem cells, such as bone marrow tissue, cord blood cells, embryonic stem cells, and adult stem cells.
MANDATES that all prospective donors and recipients agree to the procedure(s) with uncoerced, informed consent prior to any harvesting or transplantation.
PERMITS legal guardians to provide uncoerced, informed consent on behalf of a donor or recipient in the event of any of the following:CLARIFIES that an individual’s next-of-kin may act as their legal guardian in the event that the individual in question has been medically classified by one or more qualified medical professionals as being irreversibly “brain dead.”
- The individual in question is under the age of majority
- The individual in question is otherwise unable to understand the information and/or procedure.
ALLOWS for the following:[/list]
- Triage of prospective recipients based on:
- Medical need.
- Geographic location if the biomedical tissue in question may decrease in quality during the transport process.
- Delay in transplantation due to a co-existing medical condition, which may place the transplanted biomedical tissues at risk of rejection or infection. If such a medical condition exists, all reasonable attempts shall be made at treatment so as to allow the transplant to occur.
- Passage of national laws regarding the payment and/or reimbursement for lost wages to donors of biomedical tissues.
I'm not totally sold on including the "passage" clause of the ALLOWS section, so that's definitely up for debate, discussion, or discarding.
Questions and concerns are welcome.