Subjects
56 Ciencias Jurídicas y Derecho
5605 Legislación y leyes nacionales
560505 Derecho penal
La responsabilidad penal del personal médico ante la asignación de recursos escasos
Abstract
¿Hasta qué punto es necesario, atendiendo a la responsabilidad penal del personal médico, el desarrollo de una norma jurídicamente vinculante que determine cuáles son los criterios de asignación de recursos escasos ante una situación asimilable a la pandemia de COVID-19? Esta pregunta surge a raíz de lo ocurrido durante la pandemia de COVID-19, pero su respuesta busca prevenir la comisión de conducta ilícitas en una futura situación asimilable a la misma.
La falta de preparación del Derecho durante la COVID-19 podía justificarse en su imprevisibilidad. Sin embargo, esta pandemia ha puesto el foco de atención en la asignación de recursos escasos ante un colapso sanitario, por lo que el problema de la asignación de estos ya es previsible.
La entidad de los bienes jurídicos en juego hace preciso responder a esta pregunta, en tanto que la excepcionalidad de la situación no implica que en su seno no se puedan llegar a producir actuaciones reprochables jurídicamente.
Para responder a esta pregunta es necesario: (i) determinar cómo es la situación en ausencia de tal norma jurídica y (ii) realizar una comparación de la calificación-jurídico penal de la conducta del personal médico en ausencia y presencia de la misma. Esta comparación se realizará diferenciando el cumplimiento de los criterios establecidos, de su incumplimiento deliberado y de su incumplimiento por error.
To what extent is it necessary, from the perspective of the criminal liability of medical personnel, to develop a legally binding rule that determines the criteria for the allocation of scarce resources in a situation similar to the COVID-19 pandemic? This question arises from what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its answer seeks to prevent the commission of unlawful conduct in a future situation similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of legal preparedness during COVID-19 could be justified by its unpredictability. However, this pandemic has put the focus of attention on the allocation of scarce resources in the face of a healthcare collapse, so the problem of their allocation is already foreseeable. The importance of the legal assets at stake makes it essential to answer this question, inasmuch as the exceptional nature of the situation does not imply that legally reprehensible actions may not occur. To answer this question it is necessary: (i) to determine what the situation is like in the absence of such a legal rule and (ii) to make a comparison of the criminal legal qualification of the conduct of medical personnel in the absence and presence of such a rule. This comparison will be made by differentiating between compliance with the established criteria, deliberate non-compliance and non-compliance by mistake.
To what extent is it necessary, from the perspective of the criminal liability of medical personnel, to develop a legally binding rule that determines the criteria for the allocation of scarce resources in a situation similar to the COVID-19 pandemic? This question arises from what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its answer seeks to prevent the commission of unlawful conduct in a future situation similar to the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of legal preparedness during COVID-19 could be justified by its unpredictability. However, this pandemic has put the focus of attention on the allocation of scarce resources in the face of a healthcare collapse, so the problem of their allocation is already foreseeable. The importance of the legal assets at stake makes it essential to answer this question, inasmuch as the exceptional nature of the situation does not imply that legally reprehensible actions may not occur. To answer this question it is necessary: (i) to determine what the situation is like in the absence of such a legal rule and (ii) to make a comparison of the criminal legal qualification of the conduct of medical personnel in the absence and presence of such a rule. This comparison will be made by differentiating between compliance with the established criteria, deliberate non-compliance and non-compliance by mistake.
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Materias, derechos, colecciones e identificadores
Keywords
KDG, Derecho penal, personal sanitario, asignación de recursos, pandemia, Criminal law, medical personnel, resource allocation, pandemic.
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11531/71106Rights
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