GOOD SAMARITAN CLAUSE, A NEW JUSTIFICATION IN RELATION TO THE COUNTER-COVID-19 Cover Image

KLAUZULA DOBREGO SAMARYTANINA, CZYLI NOWY KONTRATYP W ZWIĄZKU Z PRZECIWDZIAŁANIEM COVID-19
GOOD SAMARITAN CLAUSE, A NEW JUSTIFICATION IN RELATION TO THE COUNTER-COVID-19

Author(s): Tomasz Burdzik
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: Good Samaritan Clause; justification; COVID-19; medical error liability;

Summary/Abstract: ‘The Good Samaritan Clause’ is a new justification, which exclude criminal liability for nonblatant and unintentional medical error. The solution adopted is, on the one hand, an important precedent in the approach to the issue of medical errors and represents turn towards the ‘no fault’ system. On the other hand, it may adversely affect the implementation of certain functions of criminal law. The aim of the article is a comprehensive analysis of the justification introduced, an attempt to assess its legitimacy and impact on the health care system and the fundamental assumptions of the state's criminal policy in the context of criminal law functions.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 35-51
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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