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International encyclopaedia of laws. medical law. supplement 126. European Union Health Law KU Leuven
Medical Apps – A View From Medical Device And Data Protection Law Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The growth in the mobile devices market (smartphones and tablets) has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of software applications for mobile devices ('apps'). As for most technological developments,e-health and mobile health technologies are laden with risks and uncertainties. Two diffuse concerns relate specifically to the use of medical apps for medical purposes.
Does European patent law unfairly discriminate against medical devices as compared with pharmaceuticals? Ghent University
Medical Malpractice Appeals in a Civil Law System: Do Administrative and Civil Courts Award Noneconomic Damages Differently? Hasselt University
How do courts award noneconomic damages? Does it matter if the state is the defendant? This article addresses these questions in the context of medical malpractice appeals to the Spanish Supreme Court. Moreover, this study provides the first empirical analysis of the quantification of noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases in administrative courts, where the state is the defendant, and in civil courts. This separation of jurisdictions ...
No-fault law on medical accidents in Belgium : an evaluation after six years Ghent University University of Antwerp
After many years of criticism of the medical malpractice system based on negligence, Belgium introduced a law on medical accidents in March 2010. This law created a Medical Accidents Fund. Under this two-track system the victim of a medical accident has the choice to file a claim before the court or to seek compensation from the Fund. The Law on Medical Accidents has four objectives: (1)to ...
The Belgian law on patients rights in the practice of medical specialists Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Objective This explorative study investigates how well medical specialists in Flanders (Belgium) are acquainted with the Law on Patient Rights, how they comply with the regulations, their attitudes towards this law, and the problems they experience with it. Methods Quantitative methodology using a questionnaire sent by mail to 800 medical specialists. 210 questionnaires were returned, of which 171 could be used for analysis in our study. Results ...
No-fault versus strict liability compensation systems in medical malpractice law in Vietnam in comparision with Belgium, France, and England University of Antwerp
Medical malpractice is a form of professional negligence and such a negligence forms part of the law of tort. As an alternative to the tort or fault-based system in medical malpractice, a no-fault compensation system has been viewed as having the potential to overcome problems inherent in the tort system. This is through the provision of fair, speedy and adequate compensation for medically injured victims. A no-fault compensation system allows ...
Medical End-of-Life Practices under the Euthanasia Law in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The legalization of physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients is a controversial medical and societal issue.1 In Belgium, where euthanasia was legalized in 2002, we conducted a follow-up study in 2007 to two large-scale nationwide surveys on medical end-of-life practices that had been conducted in 19982 and 2001.3 This follow-up study enabled us to investigate differences in the frequency and characteristics of these practices before ...