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HUK 344 - Criminal Liability of Doctors

Faculty of Law · Law · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Departmental Elective
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Course Objective

1. Learning the scope and limits of the physician's criminal liability arising from medical intervention
2. Learning the crimes that can be committed by physicians
3. To comprehend the reasons for compliance with the law in terms of crimes that physicians can commit.

Course Content

The scope and limits of the criminal liability of the physician, the crimes that can be committed by physicians, the reasons for compliance with the law, which can find application in terms of these crimes.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. To learn the scope and limits of the criminal liability concept
  2. Examination and comprehension of the types of crime that can be committed by physicians and that will result in criminal liability of physicians.
  3. Analyzing the Supreme Court's decisions regarding these crime types
  4. Learning the reasons for compliance with the law that can find application in terms of these crime types

Core Area Distribution

(38) Law%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticeCase Study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15230
Out of Class Study Period15230
Midterm122
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Introduction of Course Content and IntroductionReading
2Scope and Limits of Physician's Criminal ResponsibilityReading
3Deliberate Murder and Injury CrimesReading
4Crimes of Murder and Injury by NegligenceReading
5Experiment and Trial Crimes on Humanreading
6Organ or Tissue Trade Crimereading
7Child Abuse, Neutering and Castration Crimesreading
8midterm exammidterm exam
9Crimes of Saving Personal Data, Exporting or Acquiring Data Unlawfullyreading
10Fraud Crimes in the Documentreading
11Offenses and Misconduct Crimesreading
12Crime of Healthcare Professional not to Report Crimereading
13Genital Examination Crimereading
14practical workreading
15final examfinal exam
16final examfinal exam