title: [The concept and importance of medical law].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical law is a scientific discipline which has not been affirmed in our country, but at law schools in many developed countries it has gained the status of a separate scientific discipline and today it is studied with multidisciplinary cooperation of Schools of Medicine, Schools of Dentistry and Schools of Pharmacy. Generally speaking, medical law concerns the rights and duties of the medical profession.
  The progress of scientific research and of new technology used in diagnostics and treatment, opens new fields in terms of responsibility. Most European countries have legal institutions in the field of health care. These include laws and legal acts, as well as codification of professional norms.
  Apart from the national law, there is also an international law concerning physisians. The World Health Organization and the World Association of Medical Doctors brought the following declarations: Declaration on Promotion of Patients' Rights, the Revised Lisbon Declaration on Patients' Rights, the Revised Helsinki Declaration on Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects and the Council of Europe's Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no national order of physicians in Serbia and Montenegro, because chambers of physicians with legal authority and mandatory membership have not been formed. The foundation of Chambers of Physicians of Vojvodina and Montenegro is the first step to goal achieving.
authors.affiliation: Dom zdravlja Novi Sad, Novi Sad Dispanzer za zdravstvenu zastitu zena. vrdnik@eunet.yu
authors.forename: Branislava
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jakovljević
authors.forename: Dimitrije
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Segedi
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D015022:Yugoslavia