Legal Challenges for Romanian Family Medicine Practitioners in Times of COVID-19

The general practitioners (GPs’) practice faced serious challenges as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, including from a legal point of view. In this context, a series of questions related to the GPs’ professional activities might arise such as: (i) what happens if a doctor makes a mistake because he/s...

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Main Authors: Silviu Dumitru PAUN, Sînziana-Elena BIRSANU, Codrut Andrei NANU
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Language:English
Published: Bucharest College of Physicians 2021-03-01
Series:Modern Medicine
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Online Access:https://medicinamoderna.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Legal-Challenges-for-Romanian-Family-Medicine-Practitioners-in-Times-of-COVID-19-8.pdf
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description The general practitioners (GPs’) practice faced serious challenges as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, including from a legal point of view. In this context, a series of questions related to the GPs’ professional activities might arise such as: (i) what happens if a doctor makes a mistake because he/she is exhausted, as a result of overtime or (ii) if he/she performs medical acts outside the boundaries of his/her own specialty or without consent, as requested by his/her own conscience, by the situation, by the authorities and by his/her principal? In all these special circumstances this could mean that the doctor fails to comply with the applicable law. Moreover, because he/she breaches the law, the professional insurance policy will cease to be applicable. With new roles and responsibilities, the GPs should adjust their practice to the current conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-02822f459eb14667a2fc2f43f6bf425c2025-08-20T03:16:56ZengBucharest College of PhysiciansModern Medicine1223-04722360-24732021-03-012817175https://doi.org/10.31689/rmm.2021.28.1.71Legal Challenges for Romanian Family Medicine Practitioners in Times of COVID-19Silviu Dumitru PAUN0Sînziana-Elena BIRSANU1Codrut Andrei NANU2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9058-186X„Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania„Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania„Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaThe general practitioners (GPs’) practice faced serious challenges as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, including from a legal point of view. In this context, a series of questions related to the GPs’ professional activities might arise such as: (i) what happens if a doctor makes a mistake because he/she is exhausted, as a result of overtime or (ii) if he/she performs medical acts outside the boundaries of his/her own specialty or without consent, as requested by his/her own conscience, by the situation, by the authorities and by his/her principal? In all these special circumstances this could mean that the doctor fails to comply with the applicable law. Moreover, because he/she breaches the law, the professional insurance policy will cease to be applicable. With new roles and responsibilities, the GPs should adjust their practice to the current conditions.https://medicinamoderna.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Legal-Challenges-for-Romanian-Family-Medicine-Practitioners-in-Times-of-COVID-19-8.pdfcovid-19 pandemicgeneral practitionersmalpracticelegal liabilitytelemedicine
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legal liability
telemedicine
title Legal Challenges for Romanian Family Medicine Practitioners in Times of COVID-19
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general practitioners
malpractice
legal liability
telemedicine
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