LEGAL MEDICINE Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: PAOLA FRATI

Objectives

Inglese: The aim of the course is to contribute to the formation of the future operator of the legal profession, by integrating its legal knowledge with biomedical. The aim is to address the matter by offering the jurist bio-medical information needed to frame a biological affair under a legal point of view; collaterally, they will be deepened those fields in which bio-medical issues call into question the ethical frameworks, ethical and traditional legal: bioethics of everyday life and the border bioethics. The student will learn: the ethical and legal standards that regulate the professional medical activities; obligations to Health and the Judicial Authority; the health interest legislation; Institutional elements of Forensic Medicine General, criminal law and civil law, social security insurance; the causes detrimental and their biological consequences, with reference to forensic traumatology and assessment of the damage in the various legal fields; personal identifying problems in living and dead; the medical professional liability. The course will be completed by the interactive discussion of case studies of legal and legal medical interest and seminars on specific issues.

Learning outcomes

knowledge of forensic medicine also in view of a professional preparation in these matters

Prerequisites

knowledge of criminal and civil law

Programme

Introduction to forensic medicine
Law 219/2017I
the end of life. The case of DJ Fabo

Medical professional liability in civil matters
Medical professional liability in criminal matters
From individual fault to system error (risk management in the healthcare area).

Professional and official secrecy. Privacy protection. Mandatory health reports. The medical certificate. The medical record. Report and report.
Definition, purpose, methodology, medico-legal activities, systematics of the discipline.
material causality.


The mistreatment of minors and the incompetent.
Interdiction, Disqualification and Support Administration.
The psychic state and its relations with the law. Psychic causality. Imputability and its causes of exclusion or limitation. The psychiatric report.
The circumvention of the incapacitated.



Crimes against life. The murder
Crimes against individual safety.
Crime of personal injury.

Social insurance

Road homicide.
Introduction to thanology


The immediate post-mortal phenomena.
Consecutive post-mortal phenomena.
The post-mortal transformative phenomena.
Traumatology and forensic pathology
The scientific proof. Expertise and technical consultancy. Verification of the fact and free conviction of the judge
The assessment of personal injury in civil liability.
The expert activities of the doctor in criminal and civil matters (expert and technical consultancy).

Books

Medicina legale e delle assicurazioni
di Norelli - Frati • 2026/2027 Piccin

slides

Lessons mode

discussion

Frequency

in-person lesson

Exam mode

oral exam on the program and on the slides

Example exam questions

219 law and 24 law

Arguments

    • Books: Powerpoint slides shown during lessons

Sustainability goals

  • Goal1
  • Goal3
  • Goal4
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongslaw
  • Lesson code1031343
  • Year and semester2nd year - 2nd semester
  • Activity typeAttività formative affini ed integrative
  • Academic areaAttività formative affini o integrative
  • SSDMED/43
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU9 CFU
  • Total duration72 hours
  • Hours distribution72 classroom hours