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Prevenční povinnost při poskytování zdravotních a sociálních služeb
Breach of Duty of Care by Providing Social and Health Care

Author(s): Ondřej Pavelek
Subject(s): Civil Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Liability; Compensation of Non-pecuniary Loss; Health Care; Social Care; Breach of General Prevention Duty; Patient’s Rights; Duties of Health Staff.

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this contribution is to analyse the impact of civil liability of the providers of health and social services according to the Czech civil code (89/2012 Coll.). The focus lays on the unlawfulness - on the relationship between general prevention duty and duties stated by the special statutes; statute of social providers 108/2006 Coll. and statute of health care 372/2011 Coll. There are two special cases on which will be demonstrated the unlawfulness and breach of personal rights of individuals.

  • Issue Year: 24/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 647-652
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Czech