The congress' contributors

Ass. Prof. JUDr. Tomáš Doležal, Ph.D., LL.M., is a leading legal scholar in medical and civil law. He is Head of the Department of Civil Law and Head of the Research Unit for Medical Law and Bioethics at the Institute of State and Law, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and lecturer at the Institute of Medical Law and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine. He is a Vice Chair of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) and Head of the Czech Unit of UNESCO International Network in Bioethics. He collaborates with the Association of General Practitioners, especially during public consultations on medical legislation.

His scientific work focuses mainly on the field of medical law and civil law. Within civil law, he particularly deals with the issue of compensation for non-pecuniary damage and intrusions into personality rights.

He is the author of many publications, including the monographs The Doctor-Patient Relationship in Private Law, Protection of Patients' Rights, and Causation the Civil Law, Informed Consent and Damages for personal injury and collateral benefits – compensatio lucri cum damno."