European Health Law and Patient’s Rights – a report from an international conference
Journal Title: Progress in Health Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
The conference subject was focused on three main questions: Preventive environment and measures, Reaction against malpractice/Patients Compensation and Learning from mistakes. The congress had four keynote speakers: Roger Brownsword, Bernard Koch, Joahan Legemaate and Joana Namorado. Roger Brownsword, professor of Law, King’s College of London, raised a question of the use of modern technologies (CCTV, GPS etc) to secure better patient’s protection in medical centres, referring to improvements, caused by technological novelties, e.g. in transport safety. Professor Bernard Koch, University of Innsbruck presented the results of his researches on comparison of medical staff responsibility in 13 European countries, including Poland.
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E Sarnacka, A Jacek
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