MVV0768K Czech and European Healthcare Law I

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Filip Křepelka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Filip Křepelka, Ph.D.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 73/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The course provides overview of legal framework of principal issues of health care in the Czech Republic compared with legal framework abroad, especially in Europe and America and impact of international and supranational standards. The course is intented for students of master degree program "law". It can be understood also by other students. It can be especially recommended for students of medicine and other health care professionals.
Learning outcomes
Student should be capable:
- distinguish differences of ethics and its overlaps with laws,
- identify and find relevant statutes,
- understand medicine as phenomenon subject to regulation,
- explain relation between patients and providers,
- perceive features of financing of healthcare,
- enforce liability regimes in healthcare.
Syllabus
  • (1) intro, law and ethics, social sciences, medical/healthcare law,
  • (2) organisation of health care, medical business and employment,
  • (3) informed consent, treatment as contract,
  • (4) financing of health care,
  • (5) liability in health care,
  • (6) colloque - discussion of analyses written by students,
Literature
  • DOLEŽAL, Tomáš. Vztah lékaře a pacienta z pohledu soukromého práva. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leges, 2012, 160 s. ISBN 9788087576250. info
  • Přehled judikatury z oblasti zdravotnictví I. Edited by Adam Doležal - Tomáš Doležal. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2011, 262 s. ISBN 9788073576769. info
  • KŘEPELKA, Filip. Evropské zdravotnické právo. Vyd. 1. Praha: LexisNexis, 2004, 135 pp. (Knihovnička Orac). ISBN 80-861-9989-4. info
Teaching methods
seminars, study
Assessment methods
Written analysis on selected legal issue and its presentation and disscussion at the end of the course
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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