Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2020.57.137.783
History of legal responsibility of physicians
Nina Mišić Radanović
; Sveučilišni odjel za forenzične znanosti Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Abstract
The regulation today of physician legal liability and also that of other healthcare workers cannot be understood without insight into the history of the development of that type of professional liability. The author shows the regulation of physician liability in legal documents from the Middle Ages, including Mesopotamian and Egyptian sources as well as documents from Ancient Greek and Roman Law. Also, the legal regulation of physician liability at law from the Middle Ages as well as development and liability after the French Revolution are shown. In particular, the terrible misuse of doctors and their responsibility for Nazi crimes are outlined. Finally, it is shown that in a modern society, a system of professional legal physician liability represents the middle road in between the two extremes.
Keywords
physician liability; ancient documents; legal sources from Roman law; law from the Middle Ages; responsibility in the modern era
Hrčak ID:
242475
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Publication date:
12.8.2020.
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