The social role of medical law is mainly to protect public health and safety and to maintain legal order in the medical field.
Specifically, medical law regulates and supervises medical behavior and medical institutions to ensure the quality and safety of medical services.
First of all, the medical affairs law stipulates the standards and norms of medical behavior, including the qualification requirements for medical personnel, registration and licensing of medical institutions. Through these regulations, the medical affairs law ensures the professionalism of medical practitioners and the legal operation of medical institutions, and improves the quality and standard of medical services.
Secondly, the medical affairs law provides the basis and procedures for handling medical disputes. When medical accidents or disputes occur, the medical affairs law can clarify the attribution of responsibility and the procedures for handling, protect the legitimate rights and interests of patients, and safeguard the credibility and reputation of the medical profession.
In addition, the Medical Affairs Law also regulates the business practices and management systems of medical institutions, including the management of medicines and the use and maintenance of medical equipment. These provisions help prevent the circulation of counterfeit and substandard medicines and ensure the safety and effectiveness of medicines for patients.
Basic Position of Medical Criminal Law
What must be noted when studying medical criminal law is that the idea of trying to solve problems through petty interpretive theories should be abandoned, and the problem should be looked at directly from a positive perspective, and thought should be returned to the level of the nature of human beings and the nature of medical treatment.
Thus, it is necessary to establish the basic position. At this point, first of all, it is necessary to adhere to the three principles of behaviorism, criminalism, and responsibility as the basic principles of criminal law, as well as the principle of the protection of legal interests within this framework, which is the rightful premise.
Secondly, since the criminal law is the "last resort", it is necessary to determine the occasions when the criminal law should intervene in medical problems. It can be argued that it is reasonable to say that criminal matters account for only a small proportion of the total number of incidents linked to medical law.
Therefore, in thinking about the issues of medical criminal law, it is necessary to take into account other branches of law, but also to keep an eye on medicine, biology, life sciences, as well as bioethics, philosophy, ethics, and sometimes industrial trends.