Caricato Marco, Feola Alessandro, La Monaca Giuseppe, Marchetti Daniela, Marsella Luigi Tonino, Sgarbi Ida
IL RISARCIMENTO DELLA VIOLAZIONE DEL CONSENSO INFORMATO NELLA GIURISPRUDENZA DEL TRIBUNALE CIVILE DI ROMA (ANNI 2012-2016) - THE BREACH OF THE INFORMED CONSENT AND ITS COMPENSATION IN THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE CIVIL COURT OF ROME (YEARS 2012-2016)
in Rivista italiana di medicina legale e del diritto in campo sanitario, 2019, fasc. 2 pag. 601 - 619
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[Abstract tratto dalla rivista]
The A. explore Civil Court of Rome sentences about the breach of informed consent elaborated in 2012 and in 2016. Materials and Methods: Judgments were selected from the Medical Observatory database named O.R.Me. and were examined by setting out evaluation criteria. Results: There were 69 judgments in 2012 and 57 in 2016 concerning the issue of informed consent. When a ‘biological damage’ was present, eventually resulting by medical fault, the violation of the right to self-determination was refunded by customizing the ‘biological damage’ (74% of the sentences in 2012 and 70% of those in 2016) or by adding a "quid" (17% of the 2012 sentences and 15% in 2016) also in terms of a "greater damage" (10% of sentences of 2016). In cases where no biological damage was found, the compensation for the breach of the consent occurred equitatively (9% of cases in 2012 and 5% in 2016). Judges asked an expert opinion about the biological damage evaluation and/or about the extent of the information to be provided to the patient. Discussion: This study underlines the importance to increase awareness of the health-care practitioner about the "therapeutic" meaning of the dialogue with the patient; it draws attention on the risk of identifying ‘a posteriori’ the information that should have been provided and supports the idea that in this area there may be a useful space for conciliatory procedures.[Abstract appeared in the Journal]
Sommario: 1. Introduzione. - 2. Materiali e Metodi. - 3. Risultati. - 4. Discussione.
Fonti
- Cass. sez. un. civ. 11 dicembre 2008, n. 26972
- Codice civile art. 2043
- legge 8 marzo 2017, n. 24 (Disposizioni in materia di sicurezza delle cure e della persona assistita, nonché in materia di responsabilità professionale degli esercenti le professioni sanitarie)
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