22910141 - Health law

Analysis of the historical-legal framework inherent to the healthcare services organized to take care of needy or weak people (drug addicts, minors, disabled, foreigners, poor, prisoners, people suffering from chronic diseases, the elderly), aimed at promoting knowledge about the personal and social features of the people characterized from specific needs and about techniques of treatment and recovery of the same people.
- Knowledge and understanding:
to define and identify the epistemological and methodological field of the discipline;
to know the healthcare system in the national, European and international context.
- Applying knowledge and understanding:
critically analyze the effectiveness and appropriateness of the techniques to treat specific health needs;
to examine in the specific context the legislative and organizational processes.
- Making judgements:
to apply the theoretical precepts to the concrete solutions supplied by the political decision maker;
to evaluate regulatory innovations.
- Communication skills:
to use communication strategies in social and professional contexts;
to develop the competence in finding personalized solutions according to the specific need.
- Learning skills:
to put in practice the aptitude for empirical research in working contexts;
to lead the carrying out of scientific studies in the search for solutions to concrete problems.
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Programme

Features of the Italian healthcare system. The organization and the activities. The problem of costs and equity in the access to care. The healthcare for weak people. The responsibilities of the health professionals.

Core Documentation

G. Fares, Problemi attuali dell'ordinamento sanitario, Editoriale scientifica, 2013; G. Carpani - G. Fares (a cura di), Guida alle nuove norme sulle responsabilità nelle professioni sanitarie, Giappichelli editore, 2017

Reference Bibliography

1) R. Balduzzi - G. Carpani (a cura di), Manuale di diritto sanitario, Il Mulino, 2013; 2) C. Colapietro - M. Atripaldi - G. Fares - A. Iannuzzi (a cura di), I modelli di welfare sanitario tra qualità e sostenibilità, Editoriale scientifica, 2018; 3) F. Spandonaro e altri, 14mo Rapporto Sanità, Misunderstandings, Locorotondo Editore, 2018.

Type of delivery of the course

The course will consist of lectures, seminars and practice exercises.

Type of evaluation

The oral exam aims to verify the knowledge acquired by the students and their ability to discuss with their own heads the topics included in the study program.