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Conflict Of Dual Loyalty And Issues Of Liability When Providing Health Care

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  • Olga Sovová

    (the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague)

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The paper examines topical questions of the conflict of dual loyalty when providing health and medical care in the context of the liability of regulated medical professions. The paper specifies, describes and identifies the impact of professional particularities on the sphere of activity of the vocational holder in general and the particularities in the Czech Republic. The conflict of dual loyalty is highlighted in the relations emerging when providing the medical care, in particular in the relation patient - medical professional - provider of medical care. The article is anchored in the methods of the interpretation of law together with the interpretation from the general to the specific. The medical professionals get very often into the dual loyalty conflict, which concerns legal obligations and the ethics of the profession. The paper examines the difference between the conflicts of dual loyalty and interests. Based on the abovementioned the paper concludes that the conflict of the dual loyalty and the responsibility of medical profession have many forms, but there are legal, ethical and economic possibilities to solve in in favour of the patient.

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  • Olga Sovová, 2017. "Conflict Of Dual Loyalty And Issues Of Liability When Providing Health Care," Perspectives of Law and Public Administration, Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative (Society of Juridical and Administrative Sciences), vol. 6(1), pages 70-76, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sja:journl:v:6:y:2017:i:1:p:70-76
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    Keywords

    health care; medical professional; dual loyalty; liability; safety of patient.;
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    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law

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