ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a Swedish viewpoint and examines the governance of standard of care and its implications in paediatric decision-making. It examines the interplay between health and integrity from the human rights and European Union (EU) law perspective. For many good reasons, human rights, at least to some degree, have drifted away from the traditional dichotomy of civil and political rights on the one hand, and social and economic and cultural rights on the other that can be found in international and regional human rights regimes. Protection of integrity is commonly expressed through the provisions of right to life, the prohibition from torture, and protection of privacy or private life, all of which could be said to be anchored on the principle of human dignity. Several Committee of Ministers recommendations have elaborated on the requirement of appropriate quality or requirements relevant for the quality of health care.
