Email this article BIOETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF ANIMALS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
- Authors: Lebedeva D.A.1, Shcheglov Y.A.1
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Affiliations:
- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- Issue: No 5 (2020)
- Pages: 10-15
- Section: Articles
- Published: 04.11.2020
- URL: https://rjonco.com/0869-7922/article/view/641237
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.36946/0869-7922-2020-5-10-15
- ID: 641237
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Abstract
This work scrutinizes modern bioethical concepts of the use of animals for scientific purposes, as well as legal aspects of its use. Initially, the authors present a brief excursion into the history of bioethics and then focus on the modern concept of ethical attitude to the animals used for scientific purposes. The authors analyze the EU Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, as well as the EAEU acts and by-laws of the EAEU member states, and conclude that it is necessary to adopt a supranational act within the EAEU that will regulate the use of animals for scientific purposes in accordance with the principles of reduction, replacement and refinement.
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D. A. Lebedeva
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Author for correspondence.
Email: lebedevady@yandex.ru
Lebedeva Diana Albertovna
101000, Moscow
Russian FederationYu. A. Shcheglov
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Email: shchelovyuriy@gmail.com
Shcheglov Yuriy Aleksandrovich
101000, Moscow
Russian FederationReferences
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