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Law in Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:10.00
Study Course Accepted:27.08.2024 11:53:00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_409 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Civil Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Laura Šāberte | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Administrative Law, Introduction to Civil Law, Criminal Law. General Part, Criminal Law. Special Part, Civil Procedural Law, Criminal Law. General Part, Criminal Law. Special Part, Administrative Process, Legal Theory, Human Rights. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge on fundamental issues of medical law. To promote students’ understanding of medical law and application thereof in professional activities. To acquaint students with the role of medical law in the Latvian legal system, sources of medical law, concepts and certain fields of medical law. To improve students’ understanding of the field by addressing current issues in medical law. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to medical law. Person and State. Health and law. Human rights and medicine. The role of medical law in the Latvian legal system. Definition. Medical law and its interaction with other branches of science. Principles, sources of medical law. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Patients' rights and responsibilities. Grouping of patients. Overview of patient rights in each patient group. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Patients' right to information and informed consent Patient's right to information. The concept of informed consent. Patient's right to refuse treatment. Patient information. Informed consent form. Right of third parties to give informed consent. Consequences of not obtaining informed consent. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Data protection for patients and healthcare institutions: health data. Privacy and confidentiality. Patient data. Procedures for records management of medical records. Data protection after patient's death. Liability for infringements. E-health. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Sexual and reproductive rights. Obstetric assistance, legal aspects of termination of pregnancy, restriction of the rights of a pregnant woman in the interests of foetal protection, legal and illegal actions in the context of medically assisted insemination, surrogate mother, cloning. Use of sexual and reproductive healthcare services and free movement of services. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Legal aspects of human death, transplantation. Determination of death. Rules for the use of tissues and organs. Legal aspects of transplantation. Prohibition of commercial transactions. Protection of human dignity after death. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Epidemiology. Legal aspects of epidemiology in Latvia. Organisation of epidemiological security in Latvia, Rights and obligations of individuals. Preconditions for restriction of personal freedom and autonomy. Vaccination procedures, issues of personal autonomy, legal and ethical perspectives, challenges. Students will be prepared and given a practical assignment one week before the lecture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Violations of patient rights and liability for harm. Rights and obligations of medical practitioners. Liability, forms thereof. Civil liability of medical practitioners and medical institutions. Legal aspects of the operation of the medical treatment risk fund. Procedures according to which a patient may receive compensation for damage to life or health. Types of liability of medical practitioners. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Civil and disciplinary liability in the field of medicine. Seminar assignments will be sent out a week before the seminar. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Test - test and questions on all learned topics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to medical law. Person and State. Health and law. Human rights and medicine. The role of medical law in the Latvian legal system. Definition. Medical law and its interaction with other branches of science. Principles, sources of medical law. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Patients' rights and responsibilities. Grouping of patients. Overview of patient rights in each patient group. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Patients' right to information and informed consent Patient's right to information. The concept of informed consent. Patient's right to refuse treatment. Patient information. Informed consent form. Right of third parties to give informed consent. Consequences of not obtaining informed consent. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Data protection for patients and healthcare institutions: health data. Privacy and confidentiality. Patient data. Procedures for records management of medical records. Data protection after patient's death. Liability for infringements. E-health. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Sexual and reproductive rights. Obstetric assistance, legal aspects of termination of pregnancy, restriction of the rights of a pregnant woman in the interests of foetal protection, legal and illegal actions in the context of medically assisted insemination, surrogate mother, cloning. Use of sexual and reproductive healthcare services and free movement of services. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Legal aspects of human death, transplantation. Determination of death. Rules for the use of tissues and organs. Legal aspects of transplantation. Prohibition of commercial transactions. Protection of human dignity after death. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Epidemiology. Legal aspects of epidemiology in Latvia. Organisation of epidemiological security in Latvia, Rights and obligations of individuals. Preconditions for restriction of personal freedom and autonomy. Vaccination procedures, issues of personal autonomy, legal and ethical perspectives, challenges. Students will be prepared and given a practical assignment one week before the lecture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. According to the lecture plan, the student must be prepared for each lesson where practical work is planned (they have read the required study materials (see the bibliography, but do not confine yourself by it). A test of knowledge may be organised at the end of each lesson in order to test the independent learning. The detailed organisation of the class work will be specified in the e-studies one week before the seminar. 2. The final work of the study course consists of a claim statement and an essay. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of classes, participation in practical classes, quality of answers – 10%. Final work (essay and claim statement) – 40%, examination grade – 50%. A successful final grade in the course can only be achieved after passing the exam and receiving a successful grade for the final work. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knows: Laws and regulations governing medical law, the role of medical law in the legal system, basic issues of medical law and current issues in the fields of law, principles of medical law, rights and obligations of patients and medical practitioners, protection mechanisms thereof. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 1. To evaluate and analyse actions stemming from patients’ and medical practitioners’ rights and obligations, as well as practical examples of law enforcement. 2. To conduct high-quality research in the field of medical law, providing a concise and legally sound opinion. 3. To prepare appropriate (necessary) documents to protect the rights or represent the interests of patients or medical practitioners. 4. Argumentation and critical thinking skills. 5. Communication skill (teamwork skill) – to communicate with groupmates about the information acquired during the course, thus providing social activity skills. 6. Self-discipline skills – to organize one’s own work (preparation for classes, etc.), to coordinate the deadlines, quality of individual and group work, to identify and select the most suitable literature for studying the subject. 7. To identify the problems of the situation, to formulate the complexity thereof, as well as to find high-quality law-governed solutions. 8. The ability to be flexible and adapt to new circumstances, as well as the ability to listen to the opinions of others and defend one’s own. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Student is able to perform specific tasks related to medical law and use knowledge and skills in professional and personal development. Application of legal norms in accordance with the public interest and priorities, thus synthesising the skills to work with the legislative base and understanding of law in general. Students are able to offer not only formal solutions to the issues in the field of medical law, but also provide solutions that serve the needs and priorities of the public (local community). | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Autoru kolektīvs. 2022. Medicīnas tiesības. Otrais papildinātais izdevums. Mācību grāmata. S. Slokenbergas un S. Olsenas zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra. | ||||||||
| 2 | Autoru kolektīvs. 2019. Pacientu tiesību likuma komentāri. LL.D. S. Slokenbergas zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis. | ||||||||
| 3 | Medicīnas tiesības. Autoru kolektīvs S.Ašnevicas-Slokenbergas zin.red. 2015. Tiesu namu aģentūra. Rīga | ||||||||
| 4 | Olsena, S. 2011. Satversmes 111. panta komentāri. // Latvijas Republikas Satversmes komentāri. VIII nodaļa. Cilvēka pamattiesības. Autoru kolektīvs prof. R. Baloža zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstnesis. | ||||||||
| 5 | Slokenberga, S. 2022. Jaunas ēras sākums pacientu tiesību aizsardzībā. Jurista Vārds. 09.08.2022. 32 (1246). | ||||||||
| 6 | Poļaks, R. 2016. Tiesības uz nāvi. Eitanāzijas krimināltiesiskie, medicīniskie un ētiskie aspekti. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra. | ||||||||
| 7 | Beauchamp T.L., Childress J.F. „Principles of Biomedical Ethics”, OXFORD University Press (2001) vai jebkurš grāmatas papildinātais izdevums, kas izdots pēc šī datuma | ||||||||
| 8 | Deutsch, E., Monika Hartl, M. Thomas Carstens ‘Aufklarung Und Einwilligung Im Arztrecht (ESA): Entscheidungssammlung - Deutsche Urteile Seit 1894 (MedR Schriftenreihe Medizinrecht)’, SPRINGER | ||||||||
| 9 | EU Social Security Law: A Commentary on EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009, Beck/Hart, 2015 | ||||||||
| 10 | Flear, M. ‘Governing Public Health: EU Law, Regulation and Biopolitics (Modern Studies in European Law)’, 2017 | ||||||||
| 11 | Gooding, P. ‘A New Era for Mental Health Law and Policy: Supported Decision-Making and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’, 2017 | ||||||||
| 12 | Hervey T.K., Young C.A., Bishop L.E, “Research Handbook on EU Health Law and Policy”, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 2017 | ||||||||
| 13 | Laurie G. T., Harmon S., Law and Medical Ethics (10th ed. OXFORD University Press, UK 2016) vai jebkurš grāmatas iepriekšējais izdevums. Iepriekšējo izdevumu autori ir Mason J.K., Laurie G.T. | ||||||||
| 14 | Jackson E., Medical law text, cases, and materials (4th edn Oxford Unicerity Press, United Kingdom 2016) vai jebkurš grāmatas iepriekšējais izdevums | ||||||||
| 15 | Mossialos, E., Rermanand, G., Barten, R., Hervey, K.Tamara, Health Systems Governance in Europe, The Role of European Union Law and Policy (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010) | ||||||||
| 16 | Toebes, B., Hartlev, M., Hendriks, A., Herrmann, J. (ed), Health and Human Rights in Europe (Insertia, Cambridge-Antwerp-Portland, 2012) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kavot Zillén, Jameson Garland, & Santa Slokenberga. The Rights of Children in Biomedicine: Challenges posed by scientific advances and uncertainties. | ||||||||
| 2 | Cohen M., Nagel T., Scanlon T. (ed), The Rights and Wrongs of Abortion (Princenton University Press, Princenton and London 1974) | ||||||||
| 3 | Deutsch E., Spickhoff A., Medizinrecht: Arztrecht, Arzneimittelrecht, Medizinprodukterecht und Transfusionsrecht (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 2008) | ||||||||
| 4 | Jackson E., Regulating Reproduction Law, Technology and Autonomy (Hart Publishing, Oxford 2001) | ||||||||
| 5 | Kelly, B.D. “Dignity, Mental Health and Human Rights: Coercion and the Law Paperback, 2017 | ||||||||
| 6 | Laufs A., Uhlenbruck W., Handbuch des Artzrechts (3. neubearb. Aufl., Beck, München 2002) | ||||||||
| 7 | Vispārējā cilvēktiesību deklarācija | ||||||||
| 8 | UNESCO Universālā bioētikas un cilvēktiesību deklarācija | ||||||||
| 9 | PVO Deklarācija par pacientu tiesību veicināšanu Eiropā | ||||||||
| 10 | Starptautiskais medicīnas ētikas kodekss | ||||||||
| 11 | Lisabonas deklaracija par pacientu tiesībām | ||||||||
| 12 | Tokijas deklarācija | ||||||||
| 13 | Ženēvas deklarācija | ||||||||
| 14 | Eiropas Padomes (EP) Cilvēktiesību un pamatbrīvību aizsardzības konvencija | ||||||||
| 15 | EP Konvencija par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā un šīs konvencijas paskaidrojošais ziņojums, kā arī tās papildprotokoli un to paskaidrojošie ziņojumi | ||||||||
| 16 | EP Datu aizsardzības konvencija, EP rekomendācijas par medicīnas datu aizsardzību (pašreiz notiek konvencijas un rekomendācijas pārskatīšana; publiski pieejama), Eiropas Savienības tiesību akti, īpaši Eiropas Savienības Pamattiesību harta, Eiropas | ||||||||
| 17 | EIROPAS PARLAMENTA UN PADOMES REGULA (ES) 2016/679 (2016. gada 27. aprīlis) par fizisku personu aizsardzību attiecībā uz personas datu apstrādi un šādu datu brīvu apriti un ar ko atceļ Direktīvu 95/46/EK (Vispārīgā datu aizsardzības regula) | ||||||||
| 18 | Citi starptautiskie, reģionālie un nacionālie tiesību akti un profesionālo organizāciju pašregulācijas instrumenti | ||||||||
| 19 | European Court of Human rights “Health-related issues in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights” 2015 | ||||||||
| 20 | Human rights in patient care: A theoretical and practical framework. Jonathan Cohen and Tamar Ezer.2013. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Ārstniecības likums: Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 01.07.1997. 167/168; Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Ziņotājs. 07.08.1997. 15. Pieņemts: 12.06.1997. Stājas spēkā: 01.10.1997. | ||||||||
| 2 | Pacientu tiesību likums: Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 30.12.2009. 205. Pieņemts: 17.12.2009. Stājas spēkā: 01.03.2010. | ||||||||
| 3 | Seksuālās un reproduktīvās veselības likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 19.02.2002. 27; Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Ziņotājs. 14.03.2002. 5. Pieņemts: 31.01.2002. Stājas spēkā: 01.07.2002. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ministru kabineta 2003. gada 28. oktobra noteikumi Nr. 590 “Grūtniecības pārtraukšanas organizatoriskā kārtība”. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 31.10.2003. 153. Pieņemts: 28.10.2003. Stājas spēkā: 01.11.2003. | ||||||||
| 5 | Likums "Par miruša cilvēka ķermeņa aizsardzību un cilvēka audu un orgānu izmantošanu medicīnā".Pieņemts: 15.12.1992. Stājas spēkā: 01.01.1993. Tēma: Veselības aprūpe, farmācija Publicēts: Latvijas Republikas Augstākās Padomes un Valdības Ziņotājs, 1/2, 14.01.1993.; Diena, 4, 08.01.1993. | ||||||||
| 6 | Ministru kabineta 2007.gada 27.marta noteikumi Nr.215 "Kārtība, kādā veicama smadzeņu un bioloģiskās nāves fakta konstatēšana un miruša cilvēka nodošana apbedīšanai" | ||||||||
| 7 | Olsena, S. Miruša cilvēka aizsardzība un audu izmantošana medicīnā | ||||||||
| 8 | Palkova, K. Nepilngadīgo pacientu un ārstniecības personu tiesisko attiecību problemātika ārstniecības procesā. | ||||||||
| 9 | Mazure, L. Pacienta griba un tās civiltiesiskā aizsardzība. | ||||||||
