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The Criminal Offence of Failure to Provide Assistance in the Context of Healthcare
Cimlerová, Jana ; Sovová, Olga (advisor) ; Císařová, Dagmar (referee)
The Criminal Offence of Failure to Provide Assistance in the Context of Healthcare Abstract The diploma thesis deals with the specifics of the criminal offence of failure to provide assistance which arise when the perpetrator is a healthcare worker. The thesis analyses the conditions under which the obligation to provide assistance arises from affiliation to a healthcare profession applies, and the content of this obligation. Given that the exercise of a healthcare profession is an activity significantly regulated by non-criminal regulations, the obligation in question is interpreted in the context of the entire legal order. The initial proposition is that the obligation in question is narrower than literal interpretation of criminal law provisions may imply, if interpreted in isolation. Contrary to the general assumption, both the range of persons to whom the provision applies, as well as the conditions under which the obligation arises, and quality of the required level of the assistance, are limited. In its first part, the paper first deals with the definition of key terms (with focus on the concept of a healthcare worker) and defines the basic obligations that the legal system imposes on healthcare workers. The subsequent part is devoted to explications of the criminal offence of failure to provide...
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