Criminal punishment in medical accident case

• Project/Area Number: 19530053
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Criminal law
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: KAWAIDE Toshihiro The University of Tokyo, 大学院・法学政治学研究科, 教授 (80214592)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 医療事故 / 異状死 / 業務上過失致死傷罪 / 事故調査委員会 / 医療過誤 / 刑事法学 / 業務上過失致死傷 / 医療関連死

Research Abstract

This research reveals the state of criminal punishment to a medical accident through the case study, comparing it with the compensation of damage reparations on civil affairs and administrative disposition, and based on it, it is examined how and to what extent the criminal punishment should be used in this field.