ACTIVITY REGULATION WITHIN THE SPHERE OF VALEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES

Ethics and deontology of valeological research gradually become topical due to the development of valeological knowledge and establishment of the research connected with different constituents of human health. In accordance with Ukraine’s laws and regulations in the sphere of healthcare, medical interference, usage of diagnosis, prevention and treatment methods, in particular, connected with the influence on human organism, are possible only in case of their harmlessness for the patient’s health. The consent of the informed patient in accordance with the Article 39 of “Fundamentals of Legislation of Ukraine on Healthcare” is required to apply valeological methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment. The usage of biomedical experiments on people is possible only in case of socially useful aim, scientific validity, advantage of possible success over risks and harmful effect on health and life. Publicity of the experiment, full awareness and voluntary consent of an adult legally able person, participating in the experiment as well as proper conditions of its conduct are obligatory elements. Turning to biomedical experiments on people is legal only in accordance with the medical ethics and confidentiality.