Roboter in Medizin und Pflege
Ausgabe: 4/2018
64. Jahrgang
Recht und Ethik in der Pflegerobotik - ein Überblick
The legal regulation of nursing robots is an important task for medical law and medical ethics. The starting point should be the fact that patients are fully entitled to fundamental rights and, in particular, human dignity, also when they receive nursing care. All law has to be judged in terms of its consistency with constitutional principles. Tort and criminal law are important areas of law in the context of robotic nursing. As a consequence of the use of machines, gaps in legal liability may exist in both areas. Data protection law, which so far does not cover data without reference to identifiable persons, is also important. There is therefore a strong case for Parliament taking action to amend the law to better deal with these new technologies.
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