The “Criminal Shield”: Criminal Liability for Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Sars-CoV-2 pandemic has had important economic, health, political, and jurisprudential implications all over the world. According to innovations already introduced by Law 24/2017, with Decree Law no. 44 of 1 April 2021 and the subsequent conversion law no. 71 of 2021, Italy is the only country i...

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Autores principales: Bolino, Giorgio, D’Antonio, Gianpiero, Sorace, Letizia, Fazio, Nicola Di, Volonnino, Gianpietro, Russa, Raffaele La, Arcangeli, Mauro, Frati, Paola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10572230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37830698
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11192661
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Sumario:The Sars-CoV-2 pandemic has had important economic, health, political, and jurisprudential implications all over the world. According to innovations already introduced by Law 24/2017, with Decree Law no. 44 of 1 April 2021 and the subsequent conversion law no. 71 of 2021, Italy is the only country in which ad hoc rules have been introduced to limit the professional liability of healthcare professionals during the health emergency. The “criminal shield” can be defined as the Legislator response to the extreme pressure on healthcare professionals during the pandemic.

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