Damage as a condition of liability in case of medical error
Šteta kao uslov odgovornosti u slučaju lekarske greške
Abstract: Damage appears in legal theory, but also in judicial practice, as one of the elementary conditions for the emergence of liability in civil proceedings. In this way, it is possible to observe the damage through the prism of the doctor’s responsibility for the damage caused by a medical error during the provision of medical care and assistance to patients. Thus, a paradoxical situation arises that those whose health is injured or threatened seek help from doctors who are specialized, trained and engaged to protect the body and health, who, due to a professional error, cause even greater harm to the patient. The aim of the work is to show the damage from the point of view of medical error as one of the conditions of responsibility of medical workers in civil proceedings, and the basis for a claim for compensation for damages due to temporary or permanent damage to the patient’s health that was caused by the error of the doctor or the medical institution where it occurred damage or harmful action taken. That is why it is necessary to establish the existence of a causal link between the doctor’s error and the resulting damage. The paper deals with special forms of damage and its importance, as one of the constitutive elements for determining the existence of both medical error and the doctor’s responsibility for harm caused to patients. Although damage is first and foremost an economic institute, in this case it helps us to discover and resolve controversial issues related to medical error, which brings with it a handful of other issues of a moral and ethical nature.
Apstrakt: Šteta se u pravnoj teoriji, ali i u sudskoj praksi, javlja kao jedan od elementarnih uslova za nastanak odgovornosti u građanskom postupku. Na taj način štetu je moguće posmatrati i kroz prizmu odgovornosti lekara za štetu koja nastane usled lekarske greške prilikom pružanja medicinske zaštite i pomoći pacijentima. Tako nastupa paradoksalna situacija da oni kojima je zdravlje povređeno ili ugroženo traže pomoć od lekara koji su specijalizovani, školovani i angažovani da zaštite telo i zdravlje, koji usled profesionalne greške prouzrokuju još veću štetu pacijentu. Cilj rada je da se šteta prikaže iz ugla lekarske greške kao jedan od uslova odgovornosti medicinskih radnika u građanskom postupku, i osnova za zahtev na naknadu štete usled privremenog ili trajnog oštećenja zdravstvenog stanja pacijenta koje je nastalo usled greške lekara ili medicinske ustanove u kojoj je nastupila šteta ili preduzeta štetna radnja. Zbog toga je neophodno da se utvrdi postojanje uzročne veze između greške lekara i nastupele štete. U radu su obrađeni posebni oblici štete i njen značaj, kao jednog od konstitutivnih elemenata za utvrđivanje postojanja kako lekarske greške, tako i odgovornosti lekara za nastupelu štetu pacijentima. Iako je šteta pre svega ekonomski institut, ona nam u ovom slučaju pomaže da se otkriju i otklone sporna pitanja u vezi lekarske greške, koja sa sobom nosi pregršt drugih pitanja moralne i etičke prirode.
srpski
2023
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Ključne reči: šteta, lekarska greška, građanskopravna odgovornost, prava pacijenata, medicinsko pravo.
Keywords: damage, medical error, civil liability, patients’ rights, medical law.