News tagged with criminal prosecution


Medical neglect law needs shot in the arm

A review of criminal investigations into medical error, conducted by a University of Manchester team, has shown how difficult it is to convict doctors and nurses for wilfully failing their patients.

Health created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research calls for better guidance about HIV transmission and the law

Support services for people living with HIV will benefit from better information about prosecutions for the sexual transmission of HIV, according to a report released today by researchers from Sigma Research at the London ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ireland's Cabinet weighs options on abortion laws

(AP)—Ireland published an experts' report Tuesday recommending that the government define when a woman in a life-threatening pregnancy can receive an abortion, a major national issue since the death last month of an Indian ...

Health created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anders Breivik is guilty: the fine line between bad and mad

One of the most high profile court decisions on "madness" and crime has concluded. In a unanimous decision, the Oslo District Court in Norway has convicted Anders Behring Breivik of the murder of 77 people ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

TB patient charged in Calif for not taking meds

(AP) -- Authorities in California took the unusual step of jailing and charging a tuberculosis patient who they say refused to take medication to keep his disease from becoming contagious.

Other created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Abolish the criminalization of HIV

Routine criminal prosecutions for not disclosing HIV status should be abolished, write three HIV/AIDS experts in an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

HIV & AIDS created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Taiwan prosecutors probe HIV organ transplants

(AP) -- Physicians at a hospital in Taiwan that mistakenly transplanted four patients with HIV-infected organs may face criminal prosecution, an official said Friday.

HIV & AIDS created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0