Civil law enforcement of the rights of the patients with mental disorders: Ukrainian legislation and international practice

Illya D. Shutak; Sergii O. Koroied; Mykhaylo M. Kovalskyy; Vitalii M. Makhinchuk; Maryna S. Briukhovetska

Illya D. Shutak King Danylo University, Ukraine
Sergii O. Koroied King Danylо University
Mykhaylo M. Kovalskyy King Danylo University
Vitalii M. Makhinchuk Institute of Private Law and Business of National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine
Maryna S. Briukhovetska University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine.

Abstract

There is a need to determine the patient's condition in the process of establishing legal relationships with the medical institution, as well as guaranteeing their human rights. The issue of guaranteeing the rights of patients with mental disorders has become particularly acute, which has led to the relevance of this study. For this reason, the objective of the article is to determine the status of the patient with mental disorder in civil law relationships, between him and the medical institution by examining the respective legal literature, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Acts. national and international legal. In the course of the study the following methods were used: dialectical, structural and systemic, analytical and synthetic, analytical and synthetic, comparative and legal, formal and legal, sociological. The study found that reform of existing legislation has led to a new regulatory policy in the area of healthcare. There are no specific rules in civil law that determine the status of the patient with a mental disorder, as well as the possibilities and methods of protection of their rights. Furthermore, mental health services, given their details, need to be further regulated at the legislative level.

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Author Biographies

Illya D. Shutak, King Danylo University, Ukraine

Professor, Honored scientist and technician of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of King Danylo University.

Sergii O. Koroied, King Danylо University

Associate Professor, Head of the Civil Law and Process Department of King Danylо University, Ukraine.

Mykhaylo M. Kovalskyy, King Danylo University

Associate Professor of the Civil Law and Process Department of King Danylo University, Ukraine.

Vitalii M. Makhinchuk, Institute of Private Law and Business of National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine

Senior Research Officer of the Jurisdiction Forms of Legal Protection of Subjects of Private Law, the Judiciary and Legal Proceedings Department of F.G. Burchak Scientific-Research Institute of Private Law and Business of National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

Maryna S. Briukhovetska, University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine.

Associate Professor at the Department of Jurisprudence of Poltava University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine.

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