Learning outcomes of the course unit
The student is expected to acquire information useful for evaluating his/her professional activity from a normative-juridical standpoint with specific reference to consequences in a penal, civil and ethical context
Course contents summary
1. Bioethics, Ethics and Law: general principles and concepts.
2. Healthcare professions in the National Health Service: Speech Therapist.
3. Overview of Penal Law: crime, imputability, healthcare workers and the penal code; crimes involving healthcare workers with special emphasis regarding “personal injury”.
4. &nb sp; Overview of civil code with reference to the ability to intervene.
5. Medical record and certification.
6. Secrecy and handling of personal data.
7. Treatment consent. < /SPAN>
8. Duty to report to judicial authorities.
9. Professional responsibility
10. Public safeguarding of individuals with disabilities and handicaps: Overview of public insurance and assistance.
11. Constitutional, European Community, Penal and Civil safeguarding of Workplace Health and Safety.
12 EEC Directive 1989 n.89 and related national implementation provisions.
Recommended readings
Le professioni sanitarie (non mediche) - aspetti giuridici, deontologici e medico-le gali', Luca Benci, McGraw-Hill, 2002
Istituzioni di Medicina Legale, Clemente Puccini, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, ultima edizione
Teaching methods
Classroom lectures
Oral exam on the basis of the exam schedule
