HEALTH LAW

As a medical doctor with a clinical specialization in internal medicine (FMH – Swiss Medical Association), Philippe Ducor naturally turned to health law when he embraced the legal profession. Today, he has extensive experience in this field.

• Medical liability / malpractice
• Regulation of the medical profession
• Medical institutions (hospitals, homes, medical centers, etc.), home care organizations
• Social and private health insurance (LAMal, LCA)
• Hospital and home financing / subsidization
• Therapeutic products liability
• Economicity proceedings (“polypragmasia”)
• Corruption in the medical field, regulatory aspects of continuing medical education (CME)
• Medical secrecy
• Human research law, clinical trials and biobanking
• Protection of the adult person: advance mandate for incapacity, advance healthcare directive, therapeutic representation
• Data protection in the medical field
• e-health
• Regulatory aspects of transplantation, medically assisted procreation, human genetic analysis, human embryonic stem cells, etc.
• Artificial Intelligence and machine-learning as applied to medical practice