- Docente: Paolo Fais
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/43
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Midwifery (cod. 6064)
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from Oct 23, 2025 to Nov 20, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student will possess the knowledge and ability to understand the cultural elements and specific regulations aimed at the correct practice of the profession and the improvement of care qualit
Course contents
The following topics will be covered:
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Introduction: Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences
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Elements of Law
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The Judicial System
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Material Causation (or Causal Link)
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Crimes Against Individual Safety
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Crimes Against Life
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Medico-Legal Pathology and Forensic Thanatology
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Determination of Death
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Legal Status of Healthcare Professionals
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Duties of Healthcare Professionals (Assistance – Medical Report – Formal Complaint)
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Medical Records
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Informed Consent
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Legal Capacity
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Capacity to Act
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Interdiction (or Legal Disqualification)
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Incapacitation
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Support Administration (or Court-Appointed Support)
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Social Insurance
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Compulsory Health Assessments and Treatments
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Regulations for the Social Protection of Maternity and on the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy
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Professional Liability of Physicians and Healthcare Workers
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Forensic Radiology
Readings/Bibliography
M. Zagra, A. Argo, B. Madea, P. Procaccianti, Medicina Legale orientata per problemi, Elsevier, 2011.
C. Puccini, Istituzioni di medicina legale, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 6 edizione, 2003.
A. Cicognani, M. Fallani, S. Pelotti, Medicina Legale, Esculapio, 2020.
Teaching methods
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Lectures and case discussions.
Assessment methods
The exam will consist of a written test aimed at evaluating the achievement of the educational objectives
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
Teaching tools
PC, videoprojector
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Fais