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The course aims to introduce students to the issue of health care provision (health services) in the context of medical law and medical ethics. Students will gain a detailed knowledge of the relevant legal regulations affecting the provision of health services as well as the ethical principles that apply to the provision of health services. Students will be aware of the interrelationship between medical law and ethics, and the conflicts that sometimes arise from it.
Using real case studies from medical practice, students will learn to be able to identify relevant legal norms and to identify and define an ethical problem. They will be able to reach a solution in accordance with the applicable Czech law, but at the same time they will be aware of the ethical level of the whole case and its possible alternative solutions (a solution based purely on medical ethics, or a solution chosen by a foreign legislator). The course also focuses on developing students' ability to critically analyse specific legislation, including by comparing it with a purely ethical approach to the problem or an inspiring foreign legislative solution, and the ability to formulate legislative change proposals. The total of 10 lectures is divided into two parts. In the first part, the current legislation will be presented with an emphasis on the development of individual institutes of contemporary medical law with regard to the growing influence of medical ethics. The principles of medical ethics and their limits in the Czech legal system will be discussed in detail, as well as different foreign approaches. In the second part, the focus will be on specific topics of medical law and ethics. The course consists of interactive lectures, individual and group work with selected legal provisions and practical case studies, which will require students to be able to argue from the position of different roles (patient, his/her relatives - legal representative/guardian, health care provider, etc.). Participation in the course is conditioned by prior preparation of the student (especially reading the topic from the study materials) in the scope of about 2 hours per week. Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (09.04.2025)
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1. The course is concluded with an oral exam on the subject matter of the course. 2. Successful completion of the course is also conditioned by a minimum of 80% attendance (i.e. attendance at a minimum of 8 seminars). 3. Students will be partially assessed on the basis of their activity in seminars, the quality of the final essay and its presentation. Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (09.04.2025)
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The course covers primarily the following topics: Part I – Legal and Ethical Aspect of Healthcare Providing - Legal Aspect of Healthcare Providing in the Czech Republic - Fundamental Principles of Medical Ethics - History of the Influence of Medical Ethics on the Czech Medical Law - Medical Ethics and Selected Foreign Medical Law Part II – Legal and Ethical Aspects of Selected Issues in Medicine - Access to Healthcare - Beginning of Life - Human Body and its Parts - Medical Research - End of Life - Ethics Consultation Services Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (28.08.2025)
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Basic literature: 1. BRAZIER, M., CAVE, E. Medicine, Patients and the Law. 6th edition. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-7849-9136-4. 2. BEAUCHAMP, Tom L. a James Franklin CHILDRESS. Principles of biomedical ethics. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 3. HAŠKOVCOVÁ, Helena. Lékařská etika. 4. aktual. vydání. Praha: Galén 2015. 4. KREJČÍKOVÁ, Helena. Medical Futility in Czech Paediatrics: At the Edge of Law, Bioethics, and Medicine. In: Ed. Choong, Kartina A. Medical Futility in Paediatrics: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives.Trivent Publishing, 2019, p. 233- 249. ISBN 978-615-81353-0-6 (print), ISBN 978-615-81353-1-3 (electronic). 5. KREJČÍKOVÁ, Helena. Right to healthcare and the sustainability of the healthcare systems from the European perspective. In: Eds. Baez, Narcisco Leandro a Pavel Šturma. Mecanismos internacionais e internos de efetividade dos direitos fundamentai. Joacabe SC: Editora Unoesc, 2014, p. 289-296. ISBN 978-85-8422-019-9. 6. KREJČÍKOVÁ, Helena. Euthanasia as Ultima Ratio Solution – Unrealistic Concept in Practice, Medicine and Law, 2018, Vol. 37, Issue 3, p. 417-432. ISSN 0723-1393. 7. PETERKOVÁ, Helena. Defensive Medicine in the Czech Republic —an underestimated consequence of the fear of medical liability. Lex Medicinae – Revista Portuguesa de Direito da Saude. Numero especial –IV EAHL conference, Coimbra, 2014, p. 215-221. ISSN 1646-0359. Basic legislation (always in wording in force and effect as on the date of examination): 1. Convention on Biomedicine 2. Act No. 372/2011 Coll., on Healthcare Services 3. Act No. 89/2012 Coll., Civil Code 4. Act No. 40/2009 Coll., Criminal Code Other legal regulations (always in wording in force and effect as on the date of examination): 1. Ethical Codex of the Czech Medical Chamber Last update: Šicnerová Barbora, Mgr. (28.08.2025)
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