Professionals and Suicide: Legal Framework and Responsibilities
Sambeth Glasner, Birgit
Professionals and Suicide: Legal Framework and Responsibilities - 2002.
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The purpose of this contribution is to initiate a reflection on the actions of the medical team in relation to suicide and assisted suicide, in order to guide them toward the true interest of the person committing suicide while respecting the legal regulations. After a short overview of the various applicable legal provisions as well as their evolution in the near future, the legal criteria related to the liability of medical staff are examined. Lastly, the author analyzes the definition and extent of the duty of confidentiality owed to the patient in inter- and pluridisciplinary collaborations with regard to the law.
Professionals and Suicide: Legal Framework and Responsibilities - 2002.
53
The purpose of this contribution is to initiate a reflection on the actions of the medical team in relation to suicide and assisted suicide, in order to guide them toward the true interest of the person committing suicide while respecting the legal regulations. After a short overview of the various applicable legal provisions as well as their evolution in the near future, the legal criteria related to the liability of medical staff are examined. Lastly, the author analyzes the definition and extent of the duty of confidentiality owed to the patient in inter- and pluridisciplinary collaborations with regard to the law.
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