Statements and opinions

ETENE has issued statements at the request of ministries and other bodies, and also at its own initiative. These statements are based on discussions at ETENE meetings. Some of them were prepared by working groups specifically appointed for the task.

Most recent positions in English:

2016

• Position statement on the treatment of intersex children (4 April, 2016) Background report (in Finnish)
• Position statement on experimental care (4 April, 2016) Background report (in Finnish)
• Statement on the use of implant fixed dentures in the treatment of a toothless mandibula (in Finnish) (8 February, 2016)

2015

• Statement on the amendment of the Medical Research Decree (in Finnish) (10 December, 2015)
• Statement on the Additional Protocol prepared by the DH-BIO of the Council of Europe concerning the dignity and the protection of human rights of patients suffering from mental disorders in involuntary placement and treatment (in Finnish) (26 October, 2015)
• Statement on the citizen initiative 2/2015 concerning the concentious objection of a health care professional to abortion (in Finnish) (22 October, 2015)
• Statement on the report concerning the management of chronic and cancerous pain (in Finnish) (11 October, 2015)
• Statement on the report on statutes in the area of research and innovation in the health field (in Finnish) (21 August, 2015)
• Statement and hearing on the amendments of Act on mentally handicapped persons (in Finnish) (20 August, 2015)
• Statement on the reference acrhitecture of sensitive information (in Finnish) (19 May, 2015)
• Statement on the working group reforming the Act on public procurements (in Finnish) (19 March, 2015)
• Statement on the health obstacles on adoption (20 March, 2015)

2014

• Statement on the government proposal for and Act on the social care professional and the amendment of the Act on the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health  (2.12.2014)
• Statement on the Government proposal for an Act on the duties of communities to organise health care for paperless persons (in Finnish) (7 November, 2014)
• Statement on the amendments of the Gene Technology Act (in Finnish) (5 November, 2014)
• Statement on a government proposal (HE 108/2014 vp)  for an Act to strengthen and limit the right for self-determination and some other acts (in Finnish) (30 September, 2014)
• Statement on forced actions in the treatment of anorexia patients (in Finnish) (30 September, 2014)
• Statement on a draft government proposal to amend the legislation of sex change of transsexual persons (563/2002) (in Finnish) (30 September, 2014)
• Legal effects of withdrawing consent (30 June, 2014)
• Statement on the participation of an anaesthesiologist who has performed the apnea test in the care of a deceased person's organs for organ removal (26 May, 2014)
• Ethics of voluntary activities (28 March, 2014)

2013

• Position on the status and treatment of undocumented immigrants (6 November, 2013)
• Statement on Final Report by a Working Group on Functional Child Welfare and a proposal for a quality recommendation for child welfare (25 September, 2013)
• Comment request from the Regea Cell and Tissue Centre to ETENE on questions pertaining to the ethics of tissue bank activities (22 May, 2013)
• Needs for amendments in act on legal recognition of the gender of transsexuals (17 April, 2013)
• Time limits for abortion (17 April, 2013)
• Right of a health care professional to refuse to perform an abortion (17 April, 2013)