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Oaktsamt orsakande och relevans - En rättsdogmatisk studie om gärningsculpa i vården

Eliasson, Fredrik LU (2020) LAGF03 20202
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
During the period of June 2011 until July 2013, the thorax surgeon Paolo Macchiarini carried out four transplants with synthetic trachea on three different patients at the Karolinska University Hospital. These transplants entailed the later death of all the patients. Macchiarini was notified suspicion of a crime in June 2016, causing another's death, gross felony, alternatively, causing bodily injury, gross felony. The preliminary investigation was in October 2017 closed, due to the absence of proving criminal causation. However, the preliminary investigation was later resumed and Macchiarini is now charged for three cases of aggravated assault, alternatively, three cases of causing bodily injury, gross felony.

This study has... (More)
During the period of June 2011 until July 2013, the thorax surgeon Paolo Macchiarini carried out four transplants with synthetic trachea on three different patients at the Karolinska University Hospital. These transplants entailed the later death of all the patients. Macchiarini was notified suspicion of a crime in June 2016, causing another's death, gross felony, alternatively, causing bodily injury, gross felony. The preliminary investigation was in October 2017 closed, due to the absence of proving criminal causation. However, the preliminary investigation was later resumed and Macchiarini is now charged for three cases of aggravated assault, alternatively, three cases of causing bodily injury, gross felony.

This study has investigated the criminal law concept gärningsculpa, which purpose is to distinguish relevant criminal causation between acts and the effects of the acts, within health and medical care situations. The assessment of gärningsculpa is carried out at different levels and contains different steps. The two steps which have been more thoroughly investigated are the so-called illicit risk-taking and the relevance of the act.

Furthermore, this study has aimed to explain criminal causing and what it means for an act to be considered criminally relevant. The issue that has characterized this essay is whether the application of gärningsculpa is affected by the circumstance that an act is carried out by a health care professional. Another question that has been discussed is different methods of determining different acts´ relevance to an occurred effect. Mostly within gärningsculpa and partly in terms of a hypothetical test, which is used within the context of criminal law.

This study has taken the position that the correlation between the application of gärningsculpa on acts taken by health care professionals is, in some situations, and depending on the nature of the act, deviating from an ordinary application of gärningsculpa for other categories of peoples. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Mellan den 9 juni 2011 och den 9 juli 2013 utförde thoraxkirurgen Paolo Macchiarini på Karolinska universitetssjukhuset fyra transplantationer med syntetisk luftstrupe på tre olika patienter. Transplantationerna misslyckades och samtliga patienter avled till följd av ingreppen. Macchiarini delgavs misstanke om brott i juni 2016 gällande grovt vållande till annans död alternativt grovt vållande till kroppsskada men förundersökningen lades ner i oktober 2017. Förundersökningen återupptogs emellertid och Macchiarini står nu åtalad för tre fall av grov misshandel alternativt grovt vållande till kroppsskada.

Denna studie har undersökt det straffrättsliga begreppet gärningsculpa, vars syfte är att utröna straffrättsligt relevanta gärningar,... (More)
Mellan den 9 juni 2011 och den 9 juli 2013 utförde thoraxkirurgen Paolo Macchiarini på Karolinska universitetssjukhuset fyra transplantationer med syntetisk luftstrupe på tre olika patienter. Transplantationerna misslyckades och samtliga patienter avled till följd av ingreppen. Macchiarini delgavs misstanke om brott i juni 2016 gällande grovt vållande till annans död alternativt grovt vållande till kroppsskada men förundersökningen lades ner i oktober 2017. Förundersökningen återupptogs emellertid och Macchiarini står nu åtalad för tre fall av grov misshandel alternativt grovt vållande till kroppsskada.

Denna studie har undersökt det straffrättsliga begreppet gärningsculpa, vars syfte är att utröna straffrättsligt relevanta gärningar, i vårdsituationer. Gärningsculpabedömningen görs i olika steg och innefattar olika moment. De två olika moment som undersökts närmre i denna uppsats är s.k. otillåtet risktagande och gärningars relevans för en inträffad följd.

Framställningen har vidare syftat till att förklara det straffrättsliga orsakandet och vad som krävs för att en gärning ska anses vara gärningsculpös. Frågan som präglat denna uppsats är hur gärningsculpan förhåller sig till personkategorin hälso- och sjukvårdspersonals gärningar. Vidare har två olika bedömningsmetoder för fastställandet av straffrättslig relevans diskuterats och jämförts, dels inom gärningsculpan och dels inom ett hypotetiskt test som tillämpas inom ramen för rättstillämpningen.

Sammanfattningsvis har denna studie nått slutsatsen att gärningsculpabedömningens förhållningssätt till personkategorin hälso- och sjukvårdspersonals gärningar i vissa situationer och beroende på gärningstyp innebär vissa avvikelser från gärningsculpans tillämpning på andra personkategoriers verksamheter. Men även att gärningsculpans bedömningsgrunder torde vara lämpliga för bestämmande av straffrättslig relevans i vårdfall. (Less)
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author
Eliasson, Fredrik LU
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organization
course
LAGF03 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Straffrätt, Criminal law, Gärningsculpa, Culpa
language
Swedish
id
9034320
date added to LUP
2021-02-09 11:50:41
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2021-02-09 11:50:41
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  abstract     = {{During the period of June 2011 until July 2013, the thorax surgeon Paolo Macchiarini carried out four transplants with synthetic trachea on three different patients at the Karolinska University Hospital. These transplants entailed the later death of all the patients. Macchiarini was notified suspicion of a crime in June 2016, causing another's death, gross felony, alternatively, causing bodily injury, gross felony. The preliminary investigation was in October 2017 closed, due to the absence of proving criminal causation. However, the preliminary investigation was later resumed and Macchiarini is now charged for three cases of aggravated assault, alternatively, three cases of causing bodily injury, gross felony.

This study has investigated the criminal law concept gärningsculpa, which purpose is to distinguish relevant criminal causation between acts and the effects of the acts, within health and medical care situations. The assessment of gärningsculpa is carried out at different levels and contains different steps. The two steps which have been more thoroughly investigated are the so-called illicit risk-taking and the relevance of the act. 

Furthermore, this study has aimed to explain criminal causing and what it means for an act to be considered criminally relevant. The issue that has characterized this essay is whether the application of gärningsculpa is affected by the circumstance that an act is carried out by a health care professional. Another question that has been discussed is different methods of determining different acts´ relevance to an occurred effect. Mostly within gärningsculpa and partly in terms of a hypothetical test, which is used within the context of criminal law.

This study has taken the position that the correlation between the application of gärningsculpa on acts taken by health care professionals is, in some situations, and depending on the nature of the act, deviating from an ordinary application of gärningsculpa for other categories of peoples.}},
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