How do Act 8/2021 and Act 6/2022 affect biomedical research carried out in Spain?
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https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2023.59.41787Keywords:
disability, legal capacity, conservatorship, support measures, cognitive accesibilityAbstract
The implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities obliges the States Parties to carry out legal reforms that affect the norms that regulate the participation of persons with disabilities in clinical biomedical research, especially in clinical trials with drugs. In Spain, the Civil Code and the General Act on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities have had to be reformed to adapt the exercise of legal capacity and to guarantee cognitive accessibility. These reforms could serve as a model for reforms to be implemented in other countries.
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