Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law

Crime is a human behavior that has captivated the thoughts of scholars of various disciplines throughout history. Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and others have investigated and analyzed the concept of crime from different aspects. Crime is the main topic of criminal law, and in its legal...

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Main Author: Mohammad Javad Fathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
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Online Access:https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/184
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description Crime is a human behavior that has captivated the thoughts of scholars of various disciplines throughout history. Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and others have investigated and analyzed the concept of crime from different aspects. Crime is the main topic of criminal law, and in its legal meaning is a well-known term with a certain conceptual load that should not be confused with similar concepts such as guilt, civil crime (quasi tort), and particularly, the disciplinary transgression. Although crime has common points with all the above, it is an independent concept with unique effects, features, and descriptions that distinguish it from similar acts. This article aims to determine the difference between the concepts of crime, guilt, civil crime and disciplinary transgression through enumeration of the related issues as well as examples of medical disciplinary crimes and transgressions. Identifying and distinguishing these concepts can improve the procedure of prosecuting crimes and disciplinary transgression, bring punishment to criminals and transgressors, and facilitate compensation of pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses due to committers’ fault or failure. Thus we may avoid taking a wrong route that can lead to infringement of individuals’ rights.
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spelling doaj.art-c4570edba23e4e51b5ed5d9e7c808c252022-12-22T01:50:46ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine2008-03872016-12-0191Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical lawMohammad Javad Fathi0Associate Professor, Farabi School, University of Tehran, Tehran, IranCrime is a human behavior that has captivated the thoughts of scholars of various disciplines throughout history. Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and others have investigated and analyzed the concept of crime from different aspects. Crime is the main topic of criminal law, and in its legal meaning is a well-known term with a certain conceptual load that should not be confused with similar concepts such as guilt, civil crime (quasi tort), and particularly, the disciplinary transgression. Although crime has common points with all the above, it is an independent concept with unique effects, features, and descriptions that distinguish it from similar acts. This article aims to determine the difference between the concepts of crime, guilt, civil crime and disciplinary transgression through enumeration of the related issues as well as examples of medical disciplinary crimes and transgressions. Identifying and distinguishing these concepts can improve the procedure of prosecuting crimes and disciplinary transgression, bring punishment to criminals and transgressors, and facilitate compensation of pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses due to committers’ fault or failure. Thus we may avoid taking a wrong route that can lead to infringement of individuals’ rights.https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/184criminal conductcivil crimedisciplinary transgressionguiltcriminal responsibilitycivil responsibility
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Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
criminal conduct
civil crime
disciplinary transgression
guilt
criminal responsibility
civil responsibility
title Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law
title_full Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law
title_fullStr Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law
title_full_unstemmed Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law
title_short Examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law
title_sort examination of crime and similar concepts in the medical law
topic criminal conduct
civil crime
disciplinary transgression
guilt
criminal responsibility
civil responsibility
url https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/184
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