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Forensic medical examination: current state of legal regulation and prospect of its development

Journal «MEDICINA» ¹ 3, 2013, pp.12-19 (Discussion)

Authors

Grishin S. M.
lawyer of the Moscow Bar, Cand.Jur.Sci., teacher of Chair of the organization of health care, provision of medicines, medical technologies and hygiene of Faculty of professional development of medical employees of the Russian university of friendship of the people, Moscow, Miklukho-Maklay St., 10, building 2

Abstract

The author carried out the analysis of a current state of the Russian legislation in the field of health protection of citizens. With the attention center – problems of creation of effective system of carrying out forensic medical examinations and researches. In his opinion corruption in the sphere of public administration, the tolerant relation to corruption manifestations from citizens involves corruption in the sphere of judicial and expert activity, the actual commercialization of activity of judicial experts, involvement of officials of judicial and expert establishments in the economic conflicts and criminal actions. Lack of effective system of carrying out judicial examinations attracts emergence of problems not only in the legal sphere, but also in all-social aspect as promotes formation in the society of legal nihilism, the disrespectful relation to the law and court, ignoring of the civil, family, labor and other duties established by the law, corruption development, encouragement of illegal and asocial type of behavior. Concrete steps on creation of conditions for high-quality improvement of a situation in the sphere of judicial and expert activity are offered.

Key words

forensic medical examination, judicial and expert activity, judicial expert, violation of the rights of patients