18th WORLD CONGRESS ON MEDICAL LAW

Health, Law and Ethics at the Outset of the Third Millennium - A Human Rights Based Approach
Zagreb, 8-12 August 2010

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1. HEALTH LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS. AN INSEPARABLE SYNERGY:

• Human rights based approach to regulating patients’ rights
• Patient’s rights representatives
• Obligations and responsibilities of patients
• Health personnel and human rights
• Vulnerable persons
• Children rights
• Human rights issues in health law

2. HEALTH LAW AND MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS

3. ISSUES IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND PHYSICIANS’ LIABILITY

4. ISSUES IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND INSTITUTIONAL LIABILITY

5. MEDICAL LIABILITY AND PROTECTION

6. INFORMED CONSENT

7. BIOETHICS AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND GENETICS

8. ABORTION

9. END OF LIFE DECISIONS

10. ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

11. HEALTH LAW AND MEDICAL RESEARCH

12. LEGAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH

13. BIOETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL CARE

14. LEGAL APPROACH TO E-HEALTH

15. LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

16. NURSING PRACTICE

17. ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES

18. INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE

19. MEDICAL LAW; HEALTH LAW; BIOEXOLOGY: EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS