Anestéziológia a intenzívna medicína 2/2019
Legal liability in medicine
The submitted thesis deals with the topic of legal liability in medicine. Currently, this issue is mainly due to the increasing number of complaints lawsuit against the healthcare providers. In recent years, comes to the front primarily the principle of patient responsibility for his own health. On the other hand it seems to be in danger the autonomy of health workers, particularly in the view of the previous paternalism. The basic characteristic of the mentioned relationship is civil in nature and patient is obtained competence for the right decision about a possible therapy, by the institute of the informed consent. The thesis analyzes types, general assumptions of legal liability and also the matter of co-responsibility in the healthcare services.
Keywords: informed consent, lege artis, liability, guilt, conflict solution












