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Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law European Perspectives
This book shows how the legal systems of individual European countries protect patient autonomy. In particular, it explains the role of criminal law, that is, what criminal law protection of patient autonomy looks like on a European scale in both legal and social dimensions. Despite EU integration processes, the work illustrates that the legal orders of individual European countries are far from uniform in this area. The concept of patient autonomy here is generally in the context of the patient's freedom from unwanted medical activities: the so-called negative freedom. At the same time, in countries where there are no regulations clearly criminalising the performance of a therapeutic activity without the patient's consent, the so-called positive freedom is also discussed. The book will be a valuable reference work for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in Health Law, Medical Ethics, Applied Ethics and Criminal Law.
Introduction
Paweł Daniluk
Chapter 1. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: An Austrian Perspective
Joanna Długosz-Jóźwiak
Chapter 2. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Belgian Perspective
Frank Verbruggen
Chapter 3. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Bosnian-Herzegovinian Perspective
Maja Pilić
Chapter 4. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Bulgarian Perspective
Darina Zinovieva & Daniela Doncheva
Chapter 5. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Czech Perspective
Olga Sovova & Helena Van Beersel Krejčíková
Chapter 6. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Finnish Perspective
Raimo Lahti
Chapter 7. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A German Perspective
Dorothea Magnus
Chapter 8. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Greek Perspective
Elisabeth Symeonidou–Kastanidou
Chapter 9. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: An Italian Perspective
Riccardo Ercole Omodei
Chapter 10. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Latvian Perspective
Aldis Lieljuksis
Chapter 11. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Lithuanian Perspective
Gintaras Švedas & Aurelijus Gutauskas
Chapter 12. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Montenegrin Perspective
Darko Radulović
Chapter 13. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Dutch Perspective
Liselotte Postma
& Paul MevisChapter 14. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Norwegian Perspective
Linda Gröning
Chapter 15. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Polish Perspective
Paweł Daniluk
Chapter 16. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Portuguese Perspective
Sónia Fidalgo
Chapter 17. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Russian Perspective
Alexander Georgievich Blinov
Chapter 18. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Serbian Perspective
Veljko Turanjanin
Chapter 19. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Slovenian Perspective
Damjan Korošec
Chapter 20. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Spanish Perspective
Manuel Cancio Meliá
Chapter 21. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Swiss Perspective
Nora Scheidegger
Chapter 22. Patient Autonomy and Criminal Law: A Turkish Perspective
Hakan Hakeri
Conclusion: A Comparative Look at the Criminal Law Protection of Patient Autonomy in Europe
Krzysztof Wala
Biography
Paweł Daniluk is a Professor in the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
