THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS SHOWN THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE JUDICIAL PRACTISE

Abstract

The medicine is an ancient science, a skill which is applied even BC. With the existence of the humanity there is a constant need of educated people who would help the ill and powerless. The same need rests upon a vast number of principles which dictate the directions of the adoption of complicated decisions referring to the fundamental rights of the ill and often the healthy people, i.e. their life or death. The legal acts from this area refer to the external control over the work of the healthcare workers in order to protect the rights and interests not only of the patients but of the entire society. Until the 20th century a very small amount of attention was given to the relationship between the patient and the doctor. From that aspect it can be said that the medicine had an over privileged treatment than the other professions which since their beginning were at the focus of the fierce criticism of the public. The sole control measuring the responsibility of the healthcare workers as a part of this profession was through the professional associations of doctors and medical workers which rested upon the medical ethics. However the rapid development of the medicine drew its future trajectory. The new ways of diagnosing and treatment of the illnesses and the newly developed viruses and influenzas increases and complicates the responsibility of the doctors.