MEDIA COVERAGE OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE – A CRUCIAL TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SPECIFIC CRIMES OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F48135445%3A_____%2F24%3AN0000118" target="_blank" >RIV/48135445:_____/24:N0000118 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.iksi.ac.rs/" target="_blank" >https://www.iksi.ac.rs/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.47152/penalpopulism2024" target="_blank" >10.47152/penalpopulism2024</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

MEDIA COVERAGE OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE – A CRUCIAL TOOL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SPECIFIC CRIMES OR A POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE?

Original language description

The paper deals with the role of mass media in the public space when retrieving and providing information in public interest. The paper points out the topical issue of the relationship between the task of media to extend accurate and objective information, the obligation of public authorities to grant information and the privacy protection of persons and legal entities. The author focuses on criminal proceedings against medical professionals and providers. The interdisciplinarity of medical law and the interweaving of public and private law, ethics and professional procedures and their documentation can create ambiguities and disputes in case of possible or just alleged misconduct in patient care. Criminal proceedings should determine whether a crime was committed, ensure the punishment and cover the sustained damage. Information to the public forms a prevention and helps to improve healthcare systems. However, medical negligence and legal responsibility in medical law attract both the media and their audience. Shared interest in information about injured patients and perpetrators‘ punishment stirs communities and public opinion about insufficient victim protection and low penalties. The media points out alleged gaps in penal policy and fuels often unjustified efforts to change criminal legislation. Based on practical examples of specific court decisions related to medical negligence, the paper highlights the potential infringement of fundamental principles of court proceedings, especially the presumption of innocence, caused by penal populism.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

50502 - Criminology, penology

Project

—

Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

IX International Scientific Thematic Conference. Eds. Boskovic Matic M., Kostic, J. PENAL POPULISM AND IMPACT ON THE WORK OF INSTITUTIONS

ISBN

978-86-80756-74-5

ISSN

—

e-ISSN

—

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

89-101

Publisher name

Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research

Place of publication

Belgrade, Serbia

Event location

Belgrade, Serbia

Event date

Nov 22, 2024

Type of event by nationality

EUR - Evropská akce

UT code for WoS article

—