Importing notions in health law: science and proven experience

Summary, in Swedish

In Swedish law, the notion of ‘science and proven experience’ (in Swedish, vetenskap och beprövad erfarenhet) defines the gold standard for public decision-making and practice, especially in medicine. The notion is notoriously vague but nevertheless plays an important role in the distribution of rights and duties of patients and healthcare workers. For example, failure to provide care in accordance with this standard can lead to penal responsibility. The notion also helps to define Swedish patients’ right to reimbursement for cross-border healthcare. From a legal point of view, the notion is especially intriguing because it appears to import medical standards into the legal conceptual apparatus. The purpose of this article is to explore the mechanisms of this and
kindred ‘importing notions’ by investigating the role that the notion of science and proven experience plays in Swedish law and in the transfer of information between the legal and medical fields.

• Författare: Lena Wahlberg; Johannes Persson
• Avdelning/ar: Juridiska institutionen; Law, Evidence and Cognition (LEVIC); Health Law; Vetenskap och Beprövad Erfarenhet (VBE); Teoretisk filosofi; Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna
• Publiceringsår: 2017
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 565-590
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: European Journal of Health Law
• Volym: 24
• Fulltext: - 549 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718093-12453308
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Brill
• Ämne: Law; Philosophy
• Nyckelord: Administrative law; Science and proven experience; Philosophy of science; Förvaltningsrätt
• Status: Published
• Projekt: Science and Proven Experience
• Forskningsgrupp: Law, Evidence and Cognition (LEVIC); Health Law; VBE
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0929-0273