This book shows how the legal systems of individual European countries protect patient autonomy. In particular, it explains the role of criminal law, that is, what criminal law protection of patient autonomy looks like on a European scale in both legal and social dimensions. Despite EU integration processes, the work illustrates that the legal orders of individual European countries are far from uniform in this area. The concept of patient autonomy here is generally in the context of the patient's freedom from unwanted medical activities: the so-called negative freedom. At the same time, in countries where there are no regulations clearly criminalising the performance of a therapeutic activity without the patient's consent, the so-called positive freedom is also discussed. The book will be a valuable reference work for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in Health Law, Medical Ethics, Applied Ethics and Criminal Law.
Author(s): Paweł Daniluk
Series: Routledge Research in Health Law
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 402
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1 Patient autonomy and criminal law: An Austrian perspective
Chapter 2 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Belgian perspective (scalpels needed to replace blunt knives)
Chapter 3 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Bosnian-Herzegovinian perspective
Chapter 4 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Bulgarian perspective
Chapter 5 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Czech perspective
Chapter 6 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Finnish perspective
Chapter 7 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A German perspective
Chapter 8 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Greek perspective
Chapter 9 Patient autonomy and criminal law: An Italian perspective
Chapter 10 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Latvian perspective
Chapter 11 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Lithuanian perspective
Chapter 12 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Montenegrin perspective
Chapter 13 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Dutch perspective
Chapter 14 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Norwegian perspective
Chapter 15 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Polish perspective
Chapter 16 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Portuguese perspective
Chapter 17 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Russian perspective
Chapter 18 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Serbian perspective
Chapter 19 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Slovenian perspective
Chapter 20 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Spanish perspective
Chapter 21 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Swiss perspective
Chapter 22 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Turkish perspective
Conclusion: A comparative look at the criminal law protection of patient autonomy in Europe
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