This dissertation focuses on the issue of health care provision without the consent of a patient within the system of intensive care provision. Situations when its possible to hospitalize a patient without his or her consent are defined in § 38 ZZS (Health Services and Terms and Conditions of Health Service Provision Act as amended). In the intensive care unit we are very often faced with patients that need to be urgently treated without their consent. Also very frequently a treatment is provided to patients that are under the influence of addictive substances therefore are dangerous to themselves and to others. Health of these patients is damaged and even their lives are at risk. A treatment without a patient's consent is debatable from the ethical point of view. A conflict occurs between the fundamental ethical principles (benefit principle and principle of autonomy) because it is not entirely clear which one of the two principles should be prioritize during the treatment. Work and moral obligation of every medical personnel is to provide a medical treatment in accordance with the law and ethical principles. A theoretical part of the paper is dedicated to the legal and ethical sides of the examined issue. The empirical part of the paper is dedicated to the research. A qualitative analysis of...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:345463 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Kohoutová, Petra |
| Contributors | Prošková, Eva, Hocková, Jana |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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