Course: Medical Law from the Perspective of Private Law

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Course title Medical Law from the Perspective of Private Law
Course code SPK/NAMP
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 5
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Doležal Tomáš, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Hamuľáková Klára, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Physician-patient relationship in general 2. Physician-patient relationship in historical perspective 3. Physician-patient relationship from a comparative perspective 4. Health care contracts according to NCC 5. Fundamental rights and duties of the contractual relationship 6. Modification of the nature of the relationship through public law regulation? 7. Civil liability in health care (compensation systems, strict x personal liability, contractual liability x liability for delicts, causation problems, loss of chances, the definition of "lege artis")

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
To provide essential knowledge about relationship between physician and patient and about medical malpractice. The unavoidable part covers work with the relevant case-law.
Students who have completed this course will extend the knowledge of private law.
Prerequisites
The completion of this course is not conditioned upon completion of any other courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

It is essential that those students who would like to pass the course must have attendance within the scope set by the seminar teacher and they also must succeed in colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • (2013). Občanský zákoník - velký komentář. Svazek I. §- - 117.. Praha: Leges.
  • Doležal,T. (2012). Vztah lékaře a pacienta z pohledu soukromého práva. Praha: Leges.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010X) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 5 Recommended year of study:5, Recommended semester: Winter