Medicina, pravo in družba: sodobne dileme IV

The monography "Medicine, Law and Society: Contemporary Dilemmas IV" is already the fourth such book. It contains current contributions related to the central theme of liability in healthcare. In their contributions, the authors analyze and discuss various open legal, ethical, and medical issues and dilemmas facing healthcare today in Slovenia and comparative legislations and globally. The monography contains content that addresses selected topics related to civil and criminal liability issues (e.g., medical chamber, doctors, other health professionals, patients,…), euthanasia, surrogate motherhood, and mental health. The second group of articles focuses on current topics, which connect law, sport and medicine (e.g., gender and sex reassignment, doping, athlete employment issues, responsibility in sport, etc.). The third group consists of contributions related to the topics of infectious diseases (Covid-19, SARS, H1N1, Ebola…) and selected aspects regarding medicines (financing of medicines, search for new medicines, pharmaceutical law…).