This article investigates the question of whether a death caused by negligence in the healthcare context is capable of violating the right to life under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This provision imposes extensive positive obligations upon Contracting States, including an operational duty to take reasonable steps to save a life that they know, or ought to know, is at risk. This article addresses the question of exactly when such an operational duty arises, with particular focus on the healthcare context in which deaths caused by medical negligence have not traditionally been regarded as amounting to violations of the right to life. This article argues that two key factors in determining the existence of an operational duty to save life are the assumption of responsibility and nature of risk. It also argues for the need to take surrounding circumstances into account and for an increased use of the right to life in holding public bodies to account for deaths caused by negligence in the healthcare context.

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生命权在医疗保健领域因疏忽造成的死亡中的作用。


本文探讨了医疗保健中因疏忽造成的死亡是否构成侵犯《欧洲人权公约》第 2 条规定的生命权的问题。该条款对缔约国施加了广泛的积极义务，包括采取合理措施拯救其知道或应该知道处于危险之中的生命的实际责任。本文讨论了这种业务责任何时产生的问题，特别关注医疗保健领域，在医疗保健领域，医疗过失造成的死亡传统上并不被视为构成对生命权的侵犯。本文认为，决定是否存在拯救生命的行动义务的两个关键因素是责任的承担和风险的性质。它还认为需要考虑周围的情况，并更多地利用生命权来让公共机构对医疗保健方面的疏忽造成的死亡负责。