Pravna odgovornost medicinske sestre za poslabšanje zdravja in izdajo poklicne skrivnosti
Legal responsibility of nurses for health deterioration and disclosure of professional secret

slovenian

2002

volume 36, issue 1

Zbornica zdravstvene in babiške nege Slovenije - Zveza strokovnih društev medicinskih sester, babic in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Responsibility of a nurse for health deterioration appears on several levels: moral responsibility, professional-deotological responsibilty, liability for damages, disciplinary responsibility, and criminal liability. The article presents basic elements of each and relations among them. Circumstances for the existence of criminal liability which is assessed in court and always rises considerable public attention are pointed out. Duties of a nurse, however, are not limited only to the nursing care process itself in the strict sense of the word, but also refer to the protection of secret. This duty is determined by ethical rules and legal regulations. However, their analysis reveals that in certain circumstances it is the nurse/nursing profession who is left to distinguish between what is legal and what is right.

16.09.2009