Jiloha Rc Flashcards
Code of Hammurabi
In ancient Babylonia legal system, intention was considered important in judging actions,
compos mentis non est
‘not having control in mind and unable to understand consequences of his act),
Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity written in 1838 by
Isaac Ray is
Mc naughten story
M’Naughten of Scotland claimed “voice of God” had instructed him to kill Mr Robert Peel the then Prime Minister. But mistakenly he killed prime minister’s private secretary. He was declared not guilty by reason of insanity.
Definition of forensic psychiatry by American board of forensic psycy
forensic psychiatry is a subspecialty of psychiatry in which scientific and clinical expertise is applied to legal issues in legal contexts embracing civil, criminal, and correctional or legislative matters; forensic psychiatry should be practiced in accordance with guidelines and ethical principles enunciated by the profession of psychiatry.”2
Mens rea,
a Latin word used for guilty mind, is the mental element consist of:
zz An intent of committing a crime
zz Knowledge about one’s action or lack of an action could cause commitment of a crime.
Actus reus nob facit reum nis mens sit rea.
It means, the “act is not culpable unless the mind is guilty’’. Both actus rea (guilty act) and mens rea (guilty mind) should be there for a crime. Someone acting without mental fault is not accountable in criminal law.
Lunacy acts in India under british
- The Lunacy (Supreme Courts) Act, 1858
- The Lunacy (District Courts) Act, 1858
- The Indian Lunatic Asylum Act, 1858 (with amendments in 1886 and 1889)
- The Military Lunatic Act, 1877.
India. Lunacy act
1912
In 1920, Lunatic asylums were re-named as
Mental hospitals with central supervision
Indian Psychiatric Society, founded in
1947
Legal statutes concerning mental health establishments and deaddiction:
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPSA), 1985.
zz Mental Health Act (MHA), 1987
zz Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017
Legal statutes concerning protection and promotion of rights of persons with disability:
- Protection of Human Rights Act (PHR Act), 1993
- Persons with Disability (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act (PWD), 1995
- National Trust for the Welfare of the Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, and Multiple Disabilities Act (NTA), 1999
- Right to Information Act (RTI Act), 2005
- United Nations Convention for Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), 2006
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPWD Act), 2016
The Consumer Protection Act (CPA), 1986:
The Consumer Protection Act was passed on
24th December, 1986 for the better protection of the interest of consumers and to make provisions for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumer’s dispute and for matters connected therewith.25 Till 1995, even courts were not clear whether doctors are covered under consumer protection Act or not. In a landmark case in 1995, the Supreme Court decision in Indian Medical Association vs VP Shantha, medical profession has been brought under the Section 2(1) (o) of Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and also, it has included the following categories of doctors/hospitals under this Section:
Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993: Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993:
This is an Act for providing the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), State Human Rights Commission in States and Human Rights Courts for enhanced protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This was introduced in 1993, and was amended in 2006. NHRC has been influential in bringing many mental health reforms in past two decades
Rehabilitation Council of India Act (RCIA)
1992
Medical ethics
concerned with moral standards and conscience for the members of the medical profession in their dealings with each other, their patients and the State. It is a set of self-imposed regulations and discipline assumed voluntarily by medical professionals.
INDIAN MEDICAL DEGREES ACT, 1916
This Act was passed to regulate the grant of titles implying qualification in Western Medical Science
Negligence consists of two acts:
Not doing something that a reasonable man, under the circumstances would do (act of omission); or
Doing something which a reasonable prudent man under the circumstances would not do (act of commission).
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, medical negligence requires that the plaintiff establish the following (4 Ds):
1 duty of care to the plaintiff,
2 Applicable standard of care and its violation (dereliction of duty), i.e. a breach in the duty
caused by the defendant’s negligent act or omission.
iii. Damage (a compensable injury
iv. Causal connection between the violation of care and the harm complained of (direct
causation), i.e. a direct link between the defendant’s negligent act or omission and an injury suffered by the plaintiff.
Sec. 304-A IPC
deals with criminal negligence; “whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide is punished with imprisonment up to 2 years and with/without fine”.
According to the Section 13 of the Indian Contract Act, two or more persons are said to consent when
they agree upon the same thing in the same sense (meeting of the minds).
Not taking consent is considered as deficiency in medical services under the
section 2(1) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986
According to Section 90 IPC,
a child less than twelve years of age or insane person cannot give valid consent