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Kad se povijest ljudskih prava ispriča bez mitologiziranja o njihovu davnom postanku, ona oslikava opstojnost, sve do nedavno, nacionalne države kao težnje čovječanstva. Država je bila inkubator pozivanja na prava, jednako u vijeme uspona apsolutističke države, s njenim strogim unutarnjim uređenjem i eksternom kolonijalnom ekspanzijom, kao i pri stvaranju moderne nacije u kojoj su državljanstvo i prava, poistovjećivanje i pobijanje uvijek bili usko povezani.
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The objective of the paper is to indicate the importance of patient dignity. It is highlighted that this no-tion has to be deemed disputable and controversial as it has not been legally defined. Hence the nu-merous doubts concerning the responsibilities ofmedical practitioners and health service personnel.The paper discusses patient dignity fromthe perspective of regulations contained in internationallaw, in the Polish Constitution, the Act on the Professions of Physician and Dentist, as well as theCode ofMedical Ethics. The decisions of the EuropeanCourt ofHumanRights are also referred to.As evidenced by the regulations referred to in the paper and the approach taken by the ECHRa patient has quite an extensive range of rights intended to protect his dignity. However, given theincreasing use of technology in medical procedures as well as on account of numerous imperfec-tions in the health service these rights are frequently neglected. More and more frequently medi-cal practitioners no longer see their patient as a human being, but as a broken organism, or evena mechanism which the former needs to fix. This situation will only change provided that theworking conditions of medical practitioners change and their mentality is transformed. Thisshould be mainly ensured by the efforts of the medical self-government.
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The paper discusses medical practitioners’ responsibility defined in Art. 4 of the Act on the Professionsof Physician and Dentist in relation to Art. 4 of the Code of Medical Ethics. The responsibility concerns the doctor’s acting in conformity with current medical knowledge, and this isexamined in the context of prescribing homeopathic medicinal products. Thus the paper attempts to answer the question whether prescribing the said products conforms to current medicalknowledge. This is achieved by reviewing the regulations issued by the medical self-governmenton the application of selected medicinal products which in the self-government’s opinion infringesthe standards of current medical knowledge. Particular attention is devoted to the analysisof the position of the Supreme Medical Council no 7/08/V of April 4, 2008 on the applicationof homeopathy and related methods by medical practitioners and dentists and on training sessionsorganized in this respect as well as the position no 2/09/V of February 13, 2009 on the motionof the Minister of Health to revoke or change the Council’s position no 7/08/V.On the basis of findings discussed in the paper it is concluded that the SMC has passed a resolutionwhich infringes on the regulations of the act on the chambers of physicians and dentists.
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The paper outlines the essence and course of professional responsibility proceedings to go beforethe professional responsibility ombudsman. It points to the principal legal acts regulating thecourse of these proceedings. Its stages are identified and described, namely: preliminary investigation, proceedings before the medical court and executory proceedings. The issue of the foundationsof medical professional responsibility and medical error are also discussed. The paperindicates potential changes to make the proceedings in question more detailed and efficient.Such changes are possible as medical self-government is drafting a new act on the chambers ofphysicians and dentists.
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The paper is not a scientific treatise but rather a collection of thoughts stimulated by the discus-sions of politicians in the media as well as among society concerning assisted reproduction tech-nology (ART), commonly referred to as in vitro reproduction.The current potential for medical assistance in reproduction is a result of long-lasting re-search development. Owing to this progress many couples who would have previously been de-prived of the possibility to have a child of their own can expect to have one now. For that reasonART should be considered a success. The act on this method of reproduction should thereforesupport further progress of this branch of medicine. The drawing up of such an act mainly re-quires sophisticated medical knowledge, as well as taking into consideration of the family, socialand psychological aspects. The paper emphasizes that the success of so-called NaProTechnologyshould not be overestimated. It should be remembered that NaProTechnology delays the at-tempts of ART while a woman’s biology opposes waiting, as her fertility decreases every day.Consequently, „delaying the procedures of medical assistance in women is a crime, a proof of ig-norance and medical insouciance”.
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The paper concerns civil responsibility for damages (harm) inflicted in the course of treatment asa result of two kinds of events, i.e. the infringement of a patient’s personal interests and throughmedical error. In particular, the paper discusses the prerequisites of civil responsibility, the issueof responsibility for the infringement of a patient’s personal interests as well as civil responsibil-ity for professional error. It is also observed that on the basis of the analysis performed in the pa-per one can justify the statement that patients have at their disposal numerous legal instrumentsenabling them to seek reparation for such damage. Nevertheless, it is highlighted that inso-called medical trials drawing up a correct claim is relatively easy, whereas it is far more diffi-cult to actually prove during court proceedings that in a given case the infringement of a patient’spersonal interests actually occurred, or that a culpable professional error was committed.
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The paper concerns the legal requirements of medicinal products intended for the pediatric popu-lation. It includes the analysis of legal instruments providing for the safety of medicinal productsapplied in the therapy of children and young people. The line of argument concentrates on Regu-lation (EC) No 1902/2006 of December 20, 2006 on medicinal products for pediatric use andamending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC andRegulation (EC) No 726/2004. This Regulation entered into force on January 26, 2007 and is di-rectly binding in all EU Member States. The paper presents and assesses the solutions introducedby the legal act in question with respect to clinical tests on medicinal products involving minors,off-label use, the requirement to conduct clinical tests on the pediatric population, the PediatricCommittee and its power, as well as the incentive system for pharmaceutical entrepreneurs.
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The paper presents legal solutions serving the purpose of the protection of a patient’s personaldata. The study demonstrates that the health service obtains and collects information on individ-uals which is indispensable for its appropriate functioning. The doctor-patient confidentialityprinciple helps in maintaining the confidentiality of these data and is sometimes described as theoldest form of personal data protection. However, the patient has at his disposal certain legal in-struments provided by the principles of general personal data protection which ensure the right tomonitor the flow of relevant information. This monitoring is to a considerable extent active innature, as the patient can intervene when the content of the information is untrue or incomplete,or collected in a manner violating the law. These conclusions are supported by the analysis ofregulations on the processing of patients’personal data, medical documentation as a collection ofpersonal data, the responsibilities of data administrator as regards information management andother tasks, patients’ rights to obtain the information related to personal data processing and theirintervention in the content of such information.
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