THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF PERINATOLOGY AS A REASON FOR PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE FETUS Cover Image

НАУЧНА САЗНАЊА ПЕРИНАТОЛОГИЈЕ КАО РАЗЛОГ ЗА ЗАШТИТУ ПРАВА ФЕТУСА
THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF PERINATOLOGY AS A REASON FOR PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE FETUS

Author(s): Stanka Stjepanović, Bogdana Stjepanović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: perinatology; fetus; fetal therapy; subject of law; conflict of interests

Summary/Abstract: Perinatology is one of the most recently developed branches of medicine. It deals with the problems of health care and health protection of pregnant women, fetuses and newborns. The latest scientific research and surgical interventions which are performed on the fetus before child birth show really good results in the treatment of diseases in fetuses. If a fetus is regarded as a separate subject in medicine, it should also be regarded as a separate subject in law. In this article, the authors explore the issues concerning the protection of the rights of the fetus as a separate legal subject. The current knowledge of medical science indicates that the fetus is a personality, which means that a fetus should be legally protected. In this article, the authors also provide suggestions for for resolving the conflict of interests concerning the rights of the fetus as

  • Issue Year: LVII/2018
  • Issue No: 80
  • Page Range: 463-479
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian
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