DOI: https://doi.org/10.25040/medicallaw2020.02.076

Med. pravo., 2020; 2(26): 76-83

UDС: 347.1

Tereshko Khrystyna Yaroslavivna

Candidate of Law, Assistant of the Department of Medical Law FPDODanylo Lviv National Medical UniversityHalytsky, Deputy Chairman of the Medical and Pharmaceutical Committeeof Law and Bioethics of NAAU, President of LOBF "Medicine and Law"

The flip side of the comfort childbirth coin:some legal aspects

The birth of a child is a physiologically and psychologically complex process,when two, and sometimes more, lives (mother and child) need special protection.Rarely are women as dependent on the actions of those around them as theyare during childbirth. They are surrounded by people who are responsiblefor their and their child's health and life, they are all professionals and mustunderstand that at this time it is necessary to create the most comfortableand safe conditions for the birth of a new life. However, the jurisprudence isfull of verdicts for improper provision of medical care by obstetricians andgynecologists, and in social networks and Internet forums there are more andmore recommendations about childbirth at home, which look like a lifeline in astormy sea of fears, feelings, suggestions. A regulatory vacuum for home birthshas been determined. The case law of the European Court of Human Rightson the legality of home births under the supervision of medical professionalshas been researched. It has been suggested to introduce obstetric supervisionas a method of childbirth at the legislative level. The procedure for involvingassistants (birth doula) in partner childbirth and their legal status have beenanalyzed.

Key words: childbirth, partner childbirth, assistant (birth doula), obstetricsupervision, medical care.

Reference list:

1. Dopovid proakusherske nasylstvo v sviti specialnogo dopovidacha z pytannya nasyl`stva shchodo zhinok,jogo prychyn ta naslidkiv, predstavlena na vykonannya rezolyuciyi 71/170 GeneralnoyiAsambleyi OON. Retrieved from https://undocs.org/ru/A/74/137

2.  Domashni pology –realna alternatyva chy modnyj trend? Retrieved from https://femida.ua/advices/domashni-pology-realna-alternatyva-chy-modnyj-trend/ 

3.  Osnovyzakonodavstva Ukrayiny pro ohoronu zdorovya : Zakon Ukrayiny vid 19.11.1992. № 2801-XII. Retrieved from http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2801-12

4.  Pro zatverdzhennya Licenzijnyhumov provadzhennya gospodarskoyi diyalnosti z medychnoyi praktyky : PostanovaKabinetu Ministriv Ukrayiny vid 02.03.2016 № 285. Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/285-2016-

5.  Rishennya Yevropejskogo sudu z prav lyudyny u spravi Kosajt-Kupyen ta inshi protyLytvy (Kosaitė-Čypienė and Others v. Lithuania) vid 04.09.2019. Retrieved from https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng

6. Pro zatverdzhennya Pravyl derzhavnoyi reyestraciyiaktiv cyvilnogo stanu v Ukrayini : Nakaz Ministerstva yustyciyi Ukrayiny vid 18.10.2000№ 52/5. Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0719-00

7.  Pro organizaciyu profilaktyky vnutrishno likarnyanyh infekcij vakusherskyh stacionarah : Nakaz MOZ Ukrayiny vid 10.05.2007 № 234. Retrieved from https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0694-07

8.  Doula (profesiya). Vikipediya. Vilna encyklopediya. Retrieved from https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/

9.  Kodeks Doul Asociaciyi fahivcivz pryrodnogo batkivstva : mizhnarodnyj standart praktyky. Retrieved from http://doula.com.ua/articles/299413