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Rights and Obligations of Patients

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:33
Study Course Information
Course Code:JF_487LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Law; Civil RightsTarget Audience:Medicine; Medical Services; Medical Technologies; Juridical Science; Law; Health Management
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Karina Palkova
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)4Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes8
Total Contact Hours16
Full-Time - Semester No.2
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)4Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes8
Total Contact Hours16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Foreknowledge in ethics.
Objective:
Introduce students to the legislation and jurisprudence of patients' rights and issues of protection of the rights. To develop the skills to use a wide range of legal norms, to identify problems and to find the solving issues, as well as to propose the legal solutions and to give theoretical understanding of patient rights issues.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Legal regulation of patients' rights: national and international aspects.Lectures2.00auditorium
Classes2.00auditorium
2Characteristics of patients' rights in the digital environmentLectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
3Obligations of patients in the treatment process. Legal framework and issues.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes1.00auditorium
4Special groups of patients: Characterization of the rights of minor patients and other groups of patients in the treatment process.Lectures1.00auditorium
Classes2.00auditorium
5Mechanisms and responsibility for the protection of patients' rightsLectures2.00auditorium
Classes2.00auditorium
6Patient participation in clinical trialsLectures1.00auditorium
Classes0.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Preparation and solving of independent written assignments (including case law) according to the topics and requirements set in the classes, Independent study of the legal literature and practice materials, analysis and creation of legal documents and test.
Assessment Criteria:
Active participation in lectures and participation in course assessment questionnaire - 25%, timely, qualitative and 100% completed written homework - 75%. Written exam.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Students will have basic knowledge of current legal issues in the field of patients' rights. Students will be able to use the acquired knowledge as a basis for further research in law studies or in health care practice. Students will be able to incorporate and summarize knowledge of different branches of law in the field of health and medical law, as well as contribute to the creation of new knowledge, research and professional activities.
Skills:As a result of the study students are able to identify legal problems in the field of legal relationships between a patient and medical practitioners. Students are able to apply the relevant legal norms in solving specific legal situations, prepare procedural documents, analyze problematic issues and give them independent and motivated assessment, propose a solution of the situation. Know what kind of legal regulations regulates patients 'rights and obligations, what is the mechanism for protecting patients' rights.
Competencies:Students are able independently analyze and identify problem areas in the field of patient rights. May apply current sources of law in the field of patients' rights, independently obtain, select and analyze the necessary information on a specific legal issue, as well as carry out theoretical and practical analysis and research. Students are able to apply knowledge and skills in professional activities, independently improve their qualification, to analyze legal information on patients 'rights, to make proposals for improvement of legal regulation, to identify and analyze current issues in the field of patients' rights.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
130.12.2009. Pacientu tiesību likums: LV likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 205(4191).
201.07.1997. Ārstniecības likums: LV likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 167/168.
319.02.2002. Seksuālās un reproduktīvās veselības likums: LV likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 27(2602).
4Pacientu tiesību likuma komentāri / Agnese Gusarova, Ronalds Rožkalns, Santa Slokenberga, Olita Staņislavska, Linda Strazdiņa [un vēl 4 autori] ; Santas Slokenbergas zinātniskā redakcijā; 2019. Pieejams: RSU Brīvpieejas lasītava (614.253.8/ P-03 );
5Medicīnas tiesības / sagatavojis autoru kolektīvs S. Ašnevicas-Slokenbergas zinātniskajā redakcijā ; [autori: Agnese Gusarova .u.c. 2022., Pieejams: RSU Brīvpieejas lasītava 61:34(474.3)/ M-08. Otrais papildinātais izdevums
6Jackson E., Medical law text, cases, and materials (4th ed. Oxford Unicerity Press, United Kingdom 2016) vai jebkurš grāmatas iepriekšējais izdevums.
Additional Reading
109.08.2011. Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes Direktīva 2011/24/ES (2011. gada 9. marts) par pacientu tiesību piemērošanu pārrobežu veselības aprūpē. ES Oficiālais Vēstnesis. L 88/45.
228.11.2014. Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Ģenerālā asambleja. Bērnu tiesību konvencija. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 237(5297).
307.06.2016. Eiropas Savienības Pamattiesību harta (2012/C 326/02). ES Oficiālais Vēstnesis, C 326/391
4Ministru kabineta 2013.gada 5.novembra noteikumi Nr. 1268 “Ārstniecības riska fonda darbības noteikumi.”
531.12.2009. Par Konvenciju par cilvēktiesību un cieņas aizsardzību bioloģijā un medicīnā: Konvenciju par cilvēktiesībām un biomedicīnu. Likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 205, 30.12.2009.
Other Information Sources
110.12.1948. Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Vispārējā cilvēktiesību deklarācija. Ģenerālās Asambleja.
2Medicīnas ētikas rokasgrāmata / [Džons R. Viljamss ; latviešu tekstu zinātniskais redaktors Māris Baltiņš] ; Pasaules Medicīnas asociācija. John R Williams (John Reynold), 1942- 2009
3Palkova, K. 2020. Nepilngadīgo pacientu un ārstniecības personu tiesisko attiecību problemātika ārstniecības procesā: promocijas darbs: apakšnozare – civiltiesības. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte. https://doi.org/10.25143/prom-rsu_2020-01_pd
4 Dolic, Z., Castro, R., Moarcas, A., Robots in healthcare: a solution or a problem?, Study for the Committee on Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety, Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, European Parliament, Luxembourg, 2019