Integrated legal study on a treatment

• Project/Area Number: 15K16942
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Criminal law
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Yoko Sato 北海道大学, 法学研究科, 准教授 (90451393)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 刑法 / 民法 / 治療行為 / 推定的同意 / 医事法 / 刑法と民法の調和 / 患者の承諾 / 推定的承諾 / 被害者の承諾 / 仮定的承諾 / 医師の説明義務

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to make a norms for the doctor's behavior in the treatment, in particular, a norm for the duty of explanation (informed consent). I gathered knowledge from literature etc. in Japan and in other countries (for example Germany, Austria) and analyzed that.
According to the consequence of this study, the doctor's criminal responsibility is not always influenced by the patient will. It is the inevitable consequence of the theory “presumptive consent of patient (mutmassliche Einwilligung)”. Details of this theory will be reported soon.