Građanskopravna odgovornost u medicini

Civil Liability in Medicine is a collection of papers stemming from a round table of the same name, held on February 27, 2008, at the Palace of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) in Zagreb. This publication brings together prominent legal experts, physicians, and ethicists with the aim of shedding light—from both theoretical and practical perspectives—on the complex relationships between patients, doctors, and healthcare institutions. The focus lies on issues concerning compensation for damages arising in the context of medical treatment, the determination of medical error, the limits of permissible medical risk, and the importance of a patient’s informed consent to a medical procedure. The authors analyze the application of legal regulations governing obligations, the standards of medical practice and professional ethics, and explore how to strike a balance between a patient’s right to healthcare, the professional autonomy of practitioners, and the legal security of medical staff. Written in a highly professional, medico-legal, and analytical style, this volume serves as an essential reference for legal professionals, judges, physicians, students of law and medicine, and anyone engaged in examining the legal and ethical boundaries within contemporary healthcare.