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Karnoprawna ocena odpowiedzialności fizjoterapeuty za błąd medyczny
Legal and Penal Evaluation of the Physiotherapist’s Liability for a Medical Error

Author(s): Adam Müller
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: physiotherapy; law; responsibility

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a legal assessment of physiotherapeutic errors. It was not unimportant for this assessment that the regulation of the physiotherapist’s profession was proven, which made it possible to confirm that errors in physiotherapeutic art are in fact medical errors. In turn this allowed us to consider the possible criminal liability of this occupational group for medical errors. Final conclusions have finally confirmed that physiotherapists can be held liable for medical errors under Art. 156, 157 or 160 of the Penal Code.

  • Issue Year: 28/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 111-124
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish