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Lecturer(s)
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Dobiáš Martin, MUDr. Ph.D.
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Králíková Veronika, MUDr.
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Vítek Karel, JUDr.
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Course content
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1.Purpose and concept of the field of forensic medicine. Death. Posthumous changes. The work of the forensic doctor at the place of found body. Autopsy. 2.Sudden and unexpected deaths. 3.Forensic traumatology and histology. Types of wounds. Gunshot injuries. 4.Forensic traumatology and histology. Choking. Traffic accidents. 5.Pedopathology. 6.Importance of forensic medical expertise - accident, suicide, murder. 7.Fundamentals of forensic toxicology. 8.System of law and legal order in the Czech Republic. 9.Basic legal concepts. 10.Health service providers and their fundamental rights and obligations, medical records, confidentiality, insurance, professional self-governing chambers. 11.Basic rights and obligations of patients - informed consent. 12.Basics of civil liability - assumptions of responsibility. 13.Labour-legal relations in healthcare and labour-law liability of employer and employee. 14.Criminal liability, disciplinary liability, in general.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course consists of two large separate units. In the first part students are acquainted with the scope and concept of the field of forensic medicine. It provides students with information on forensic traumatology, histology and toxicology. The second part of the course introduces the students to the legal regulations governing the provision of health services in the Czech Republic. They are acquainted with the types of legal liability and the resulting rights and obligations.
Acquiring of basic information about the field of forensic medicine, about the rights and obligations in the field of health care provision.
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Prerequisites
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BIO/PTA01 and OPD/PTB01 and NAN/PTB02 and PAT/PTB31 and HUM/PTB01
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Active participation in seminars. Written test.
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Recommended literature
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HERVEY T.K. a MCHALE J.V. (2004). Health law and the European Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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KENNEDY I. a GRUBB A. (2005). Medical law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Saukko, P., Knight, B. (2016). Knight's Forensic Pathology. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
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