PROBLEM OF IMPROVING THE CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY MEDICAL WORKERS // Вестник БГУ. Юриспруденция. - 2021. №2. . - С. 10-14.

PROBLEM OF IMPROVING THE CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY MEDICAL WORKERS

DOI: 10.18101/2658-4409-2021-2-10-14 UDK: 34:616-02

The article is devoted to the characteristic of improper execution of professional duties by a medical worker, it considers some topical issues of investigation and classification of crimes committed by medical workers in the process of providing medical care to patients. Based on a particular case of judicial practice we have illustrated the peculiarities of its legal assessment. We also considered the difficulties arising in determining the presence or absence of the objective aspect of the analyzed corpus delicti, and the problems of establishing a causal relationship between the iatrogenic defect in medical exposure and the resulting adverse consequences.

criminal legislation, iatrogenic crime; quality of medical care; responsibility of medical professionals; iatrogenic defect