B4125 - Responsabilità, consenso informato e nuove tecnologie

Learning outcomes

The module aims to familiarise participants with the law on medical liability and informed consent, which is explored in depth by examining case law and practical cases, also with reference to the use of new technologies such as telemedicine, robotics and artificial intelligence.

Course contents

The course aims to analyse and deepen the most significant aspects of the right to Health and the Health Service.
The centrality of the health service will make it possible to analyse the management models of the public health service, the essential levels of assistance, the methods for identifying the types of health services and the forms of protection and guarantees for users.
Appropriate treatment will also be given to the employment relationship with the public health service, as well as to the complex issue of training and liability.


By way of example, the lectures will deal with the following topics:
1. Health protection and constitutional principles
2. Obligations of the doctor (deontology, labour, civil, criminal, contractual): introduction
3. Healthcare liability: law no.24/2017
4. Informed consent: law 219/2017
5. Employment relationship, deontology and order registration
6. Health certifications: falsity and the relationship with the patient
7. New technologies and digital health care

Readings/Bibliography

C. BOTTARI, La tutela della salute: lavori in corso, Giappichelli, 2020, limited to chapters 1, 2, 4, 7, 10.
With regard to the sources of law: R.Bin, D.Donati, G.Pitruzzella, Lineamenti di diritto pubblico per i servizi sociali, Giappichelli, 2021, regarding chapters I, VI, VII, X.


Suggested, only for further study, on risk management in healthcare:
Federico Laus, "The administration of risk. Tra regolazione e procedimento, principio di precauzione e approccio multidimensionale", Milan, CEDAM - Wolters Kluwer, 2023, relative to chapter VII

Teaching methods

Teaching will be divided into lectures and side activities aimed at encouraging student involvement.
In the lectures, the systematic exposition of the topics covered in the course will be conducted according to the above-mentioned programme.
In-depth seminars will be offered for those who wish to study specific topics in greater depth.

Assessment methods

The lectures will be held in the first semester and, therefore, students will be able to take the examination from the January/February session.
The examination consists of a written exam, with a pass mark. The written examination will be held in person, electronically accessed via EOL.

At the student's request, the test may also consist of an oral discussion of a case dealt with in the lecture.
The test will focus on topics related to those indicated in the "Programme and Contents" section.
The verification of the expected knowledge takes place during the examination, aimed at assessing the achievement of the envisaged training objectives.



Dissertation

The assignment of the thesis takes place following a formal request by the student (for this purpose, it is sufficient to send an email to the lecturer) and subsequent interview.

The thesis is assigned, as a rule, on the basis of the chronological criterion, in compliance with the maximum limit set by the Chair, also noting the student's maturity and attendance of the Course and convinced expression of interest in the specific Subject.

Teaching tools

Supplementary teaching materials relating to the lessons taught will be published on Virtual

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Office hours

See the website of Federico Laus