Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law

European Perspectives

Paweł Daniluk

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781032334905
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000774986
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Civil Rights in Law
• Index: Law

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Patient autonomy and criminal law: An Austrian perspective
• 2 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Belgian perspective (scalpels needed to replace blunt knives)
• 3 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Bosnian-Herzegovinian perspective
• 4 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Bulgarian perspective
• 5 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Czech perspective
• 6 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Finnish perspective
• 7 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A German perspective
• 8 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Greek perspective
• 9 Patient autonomy and criminal law: An Italian perspective
• 10 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Latvian perspective
• 11 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Lithuanian perspective
• 12 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Montenegrin perspective
• 13 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Dutch perspective
• 14 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Norwegian perspective
• 15 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Polish perspective
• 16 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Portuguese perspective
• 17 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Russian perspective
• 18 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Serbian perspective
• 19 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Slovenian perspective
• 20 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Spanish perspective
• 21 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Swiss perspective
• 22 Patient autonomy and criminal law: A Turkish perspective
• Conclusion: A comparative look at the criminal law protection of patient autonomy in Europe
• Index