Iatrogenic crimes committed in the field of health care, and a special approach to the production of forensic medical expert research

Abstract

The article presents an integrated approach to the forensic assessment of the medical facts of inadequate medical care. The purpose of the taken out initiative provisions is an increase of efficiency of production of forensic medical examinations of rendering medical care both in the structure of Investigative committee of the Russian Federation and in other judicial and expert institutions including the state. As one of the possible ways to solve this problem is the author’s procedure and methods of production of forensic expert research on iatrogenic crimes. On the basis of the stated provisions, possible ways of improving the organisation of forensic activities are proposed. A strong rationale explaining why the structure of the Investigative committee of the Russian Federation when applying for the service in preference to experts with a wide profile (that has two or more related competencies), which can overlap their activities in several areas. Clearly demonstrated that these employees are capable of a comprehensive understanding of the problems lie in the biomedical plane of specialised knowledge, that allows applying the expertise available to the expert on the basis of the official need dictated by a specific investigative task. This approach is successfully used for more than four years in practice in the forensic division of the department of criminology of the Main investigation department of the Investigative committee of the Russian Federation in Saint Petersburg and the division of criminalistics investigation department of the Investigative committee of the Russian Federation in the Leningrad region.