COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL CRIME LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TPH 5017 MEDICAL CRIME LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Medical Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERKAN MERAKLI

Offered to

Medical Law

Course Objective

The purpose of the course is to teach the meaning, scope and practice of medical criminal law, which is emerged as a sub branch of criminal law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have knowledge of the meaning and scope of medical crimanal law.
2   To be able to learn the relation between medical criminal law and criminal law.
3   To be able to deeply examine the types of crimes in the field of medical criminal law.
4   To be able to consider the function of medical criminal law in the matter of struggle of the risks caused in the medical field.
5   To be able to implement the basic principles of the criminal law and the rules of criminal theory into the concrete facts related to crimes appeared in the field of medicine.
6   To be able to deliver a solution for the problems arised from the operation of criminal procedure regarding medical criminal law.
7   To be able to have an opinion about the recent developments in medical criminal law in comparative law systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The meaning and scope of medical criminal law
2 The relation between medical criminal law and criminal law
3 Disclosure obligation of doctor, consent for medical intervention and conditions for lawful consent
4 Notion of fault in medical criminal law and its practice
5 Causality in faulty medical treatment of a doctor and the problem of objective attribution
6 Hypothetical consent in medical criminal law as a cause of legitimacy
7 Midterm
8 Consideration of off-label medical interventions such as cosmetic surgery with regards to consent in medical criminal law
9 The effect of density of working hour of a doctor to the criminal liability
10 Punishability of medical intervention of a doctor in regard to crimes of malicious wounding and wilful murder
11 Avoidance of a doctor from medical treatment as a negligent action in criminal law
12 The limits of confidentiality obligation of a doctor
13 The crime of organ and tissue trade
14 The crime of experimentation on human beings

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ÖZBEK Veli Özer/ DOĞAN Koray/ BACAKSIZ Pınar/ TEPE Ilker, Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel
Hükümler, 8. Baskı, Ankara 2017.
2. ÖZBEK Veli Özer/ DOĞAN Koray/ BACAKSIZ Pınar/ TEPE Ilker, Türk Ceza Hukuku Özel
Hükümler, 12. Baskı, Ankara 2017.
3. ÖZBEK Veli Özer/ DOĞAN Koray/ BACAKSIZ Pınar/ TEPE Ilker, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku,
10. Baskı, Ankara 2017.
4. Hilgendorf Eric, Einführung in das Medizinstrafrecht, München 2016.
5. Grünewald Anette, Medizinstrafrecht, München 2017.
6. Hakeri Hakan, Tıp Hukuku, 13. Baskı, Ankara 2018.
7. Gercke Björn/ Leimenstoll Ulrich/ Stirner Kerstin, Handbuch Medizinstrafrecht, Köln
2018.
8. Koca Mahmut / Üzülmez Ilhan, Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, 10. Bası, Ankara 2017.
9. Koca Mahmut / Üzülmez Ilhan, Türk Ceza Hukuku Özel Hükümler, 4. Bası, Ankara 2017.
10.Tezcan Durmuş/ Erdem Mustafa Ruhan/ Önok Rıfat Murat, Teorik ve Pratik Ceza Özel
Hukuku, 15. Baskı, Ankara 2017.
11. Centel Nur /Zafer Hamide /Çakmut Özlem Yenerer, Türk Ceza Hukukuna Giriş, 10.
Baskı, Istanbul 2017.
12. Centel Nur /Zafer Hamide /Çakmut Özlem Yenerer, Kişilere Karşı Işlenen Suçlar Cilt:
1, 4. Baskı, Istanbul 2017.
13. Artuk Mehmet Emin / Gökcen Ahmet, Ceza Hukuku Özel Hükümler, 16.bası, Ankara 2017.
14.Artuk Mehmet Emin / Gökcen Ahmet/ Çakır Kerim/ Alşahin M. Emin, Ceza Hukuku Genel
Hükümler, 11.bası, Ankara 2017.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses and seminars prepared by students

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

this will be announced during the period.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

this will be announced during the period.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serkan.merakli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

this will be announced during the period.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 38 38
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5
LO.6
LO.7

CONTACT INFORMATION
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