Audioprothesic Techniques

General notions of Law: public law and private law; constitutional law; substantive civil and criminal law; civil and criminal liability; criminal offence, offender, crime, criminal sanction; civil wrongdoing, damage, compensation for damage; civil and criminal procedural law. The Italian judicial system. The relationship of material causality: concept of cause; legal causality, human causality; criteria for the assessment of the existence or exclusion of the causal link in forensic medicine. Bioethics and Professional Deontology: Concept of bioethics – The Code of Medical Ethics – Ethical and legal norms – Ethical, deontological, and disciplinary responsibility – The doctor–patient relationship: rights and duties of the physician; the physician’s duty of care; the medical act and the right to provide treatment; the patient’s consent and Law no. 219/2017; the duty to provide assistance: failure to render aid; professional liability of the physician; clinical documentation; the physician’s duty of confidentiality: professional secrecy, the patient’s right to privacy – The physician’s duty to report: medical report and complaint, mandatory reports – The physician’s duties towards the administration of justice: expert witness and consultancy. Forensic (Criminal) Medicine: Clinical and biological aspects of crimes against the person (homicide – infanticide – criminal abortion – assault – personal injury) and against personal freedom (sexual violence). Forensic (Civil) Medicine: Assessment of biological damage in civil liability – Law no. 24/2017. Social Medicine: The social security system, INPS, INAIL, civil invalidity, disability – Private insurance – Law no. 194 on voluntary termination of pregnancy – Protection of motherhood – Organ transplantation – The physician’s role in emergencies; concept of disaster: natural and man-made catastrophes; organization of emergency interventions in disasters.