Patient Rights

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:5.00

Study Course Accepted:01.11.2024 13:00:55

Study Course Information
Course Code:		JF_411		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Law; Civil Rights		Target Audience:		Juridical Science; Medicine; Medical Services; Law; Medical Technologies; Health Management
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Karina Palkova
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		4	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		8
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		8
Total Contact Hours								16
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)		4	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		8
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		8
Total Contact Hours								16
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:
Knowledge of ethics is required.
Objective:
Introduce students to the legislation and jurisprudence of patients' rights and issues of protection of the rights. To develop the skills to use a wide range of legal norms, to identify problems and to find the solving issues, as well as to propose the legal solutions and to give theoretical understanding of patient rights issues.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Legal regulation of patients' rights: national and international aspects.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
2	Characteristics of patients' rights in the digital environment			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	Obligations of patients in the treatment process. Legal framework and issues.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
4	Special groups of patients: Characterization of the rights of minor patients and other groups of patients in the treatment process.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
5	Mechanisms and responsibility for the protection of patients' rights			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
6	Patient participation in clinical trials			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		0.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Legal regulation of patients' rights: national and international aspects.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
2	Characteristics of patients' rights in the digital environment			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	Obligations of patients in the treatment process. Legal framework and issues.			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
4	Special groups of patients: Characterization of the rights of minor patients and other groups of patients in the treatment process.			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
5	Mechanisms and responsibility for the protection of patients' rights			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
6	Patient participation in clinical trials			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Preparation and solving of independent written assignments (including case law) according to the topics and requirements set in the classes, Independent study of the legal literature and practice materials, analysis and creation of legal documents and test.
Assessment Criteria:
Active participation in lectures and participation in course assessment questionnaire - 25%, timely, qualitative and 100% completed written homework - 25%. Written exam - 50%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Students will have basic knowledge of current legal issues in the field of patients' rights. Students will be able to use the acquired knowledge as a basis for further research in law studies or in health care practice. Students will be able to incorporate and summarize knowledge of different branches of law in the field of health and medical law, as well as contribute to the creation of new knowledge, research and professional activities.
Skills:		As a result of the study students are able to identify legal problems in the field of legal relationships between a patient and medical practitioners. Students are able to apply the relevant legal norms in solving specific legal situations, prepare procedural documents, analyze problematic issues and give them independent and motivated assessment, propose a solution of the situation. Know what kind of legal regulations regulates patients 'rights and obligations, what is the mechanism for protecting patients' rights.
Competencies:		Students are able independently analyze and identify problem areas in the field of patient rights. May apply current sources of law in the field of patients' rights, independently obtain, select and analyze the necessary information on a specific legal issue, as well as carry out theoretical and practical analysis and research. Students are able to apply knowledge and skills in professional activities, independently improve their qualification, to analyze legal information on patients 'rights, to make proposals for improvement of legal regulation, to identify and analyze current issues in the field of patients' rights.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	30.12.2009. Pacientu tiesību likums: LV likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 205(4191).
2	01.07.1997. Ārstniecības likums: LV likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 167/168.
3	19.02.2002. Seksuālās un reproduktīvās veselības likums: LV likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 27(2602).
4	Pacientu tiesību likuma komentāri / Agnese Gusarova, Ronalds Rožkalns, Santa Slokenberga, Olita Staņislavska, Linda Strazdiņa [un vēl 4 autori] ; Santas Slokenbergas zinātniskā redakcijā; 2019. Pieejams: RSU Brīvpieejas lasītava (614.253.8/ P-03 );
5	Medicīnas tiesības / sagatavojis autoru kolektīvs S. Ašnevicas-Slokenbergas zinātniskajā redakcijā ; [autori: Agnese Gusarova .u.c. 2022., Pieejams: RSU Brīvpieejas lasītava 61:34(474.3)/ M-08. Otrais papildinātais izdevums
6	Jackson E., Medical law text, cases, and materials (4th edn Oxford Unicerity Press, United Kingdom 2016) vai jebkurš grāmatas iepriekšējais izdevums;
Additional Reading
1	09.08.2011. Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes Direktīva 2011/24/ES (2011. gada 9. marts) par pacientu tiesību piemērošanu pārrobežu veselības aprūpē. ES Oficiālais Vēstnesis. L 88/45.
2	28.11.2014. Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Ģenerālā asambleja. Bērnu tiesību konvencija. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 237(5297).
3	07.06.2016. Eiropas Savienības Pamattiesību harta (2012/C 326/02). ES Oficiālais Vēstnesis, C 326/391
4	Ministru kabineta 2013.gada 5.novembra noteikumi Nr. 1268 “Ārstniecības riska fonda darbības noteikumi.”
5	31.12.2009. Par Konvenciju par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā: Konvenciju par cilvēktiesībām un biomedicīnu. Likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 205, 30.12.2009.
Other Information Sources
1	10.12.1948. Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Vispārējā cilvēktiesību deklarācija. Ģenerālās Asambleja.
2	Medicīnas ētikas rokasgrāmata / [Džons R. Viljamss ; latviešu tekstu zinātniskais redaktors Māris Baltiņš] ; Pasaules Medicīnas asociācija. John R Williams (John Reynold), 1942- 2009
3	Palkova, K. 2020. Nepilngadīgo pacientu un ārstniecības personu tiesisko attiecību problemātika ārstniecības procesā: promocijas darbs: apakšnozare – civiltiesības. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte. https://doi.org/10.25143/prom-rsu_2020-01_pd
4	Dolic, Z., Castro, R., Moarcas, A., Robots in healthcare: a solution or a problem?, Study for the Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety, Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, European Parliament, Luxembourg, 2019