Legal responsibility of a medical doctor

LEGAL LIABILITY OF A DOCTOR The purpose of my thesis is to analyse briefly the issue of legal liability of a doctor for his professional duties. Stemming form relevant legislation, the doctor owes many duties and responsibilities and his failure to obey them properly could lead to various liabilities. The aim of the paper is not to consider in a detail all the questions concerning the liability of the doctor. On the contrary, I try to outline particular kinds of the doctor's liability in a systematic way and furthermore to scrutinize some partial issues relating thereto. The reason that led me to my research is the fact that the more human rights are recognized the more prudent and diligent the doctor must be while treating his patients. Legal approach towards medical treatment has changed over past few decades but is the society and especially affected professionals ready for this change? This thesis is divided into two parts having eight chapters altogether. Each of chapters deals with different aspects of the subject matter. The introductory chapter points out basics of the medical law and gives a brief look at the evolution of a legal approach towards the liability of the doctor during ages. The rest of the first part briefly characterizes common premises of the legal liability in general and..