Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-05-29DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2026.04.002
Sophie Hocquet-Berg (Professeur à l’université de Lorraine, Vice-Doyen de la faculté de droit de Metz, Avocat au barreau de Metz)
{"title":"Qui perd le dossier, perd le procès !","authors":"Sophie Hocquet-Berg (Professeur à l’université de Lorraine, Vice-Doyen de la faculté de droit de Metz, Avocat au barreau de Metz)","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For about ten years, the French Court of Cassation has held that there is a presumption of negligence when a healthcare professional or institution is unable to produce a patient's complete medical file. This principle was recently reiterated by the First Civil Chamber in a decision rendered on October 16, 2024.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 199","pages":"Pages 60-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148694605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2026.02.004
Léa Lepoix
{"title":"Précisions sur le devoir d’informations relatif aux produits de santé (commentaire de la décision du tribunal judiciaire de Poitiers, 2 juin 2025)","authors":"Léa Lepoix","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The judgment of June 2nd, 2025 condemns three drug-producing laboratories due to the lack of information linked to a risk of adverse effects. The prescribing doctor and the pharmacist who dispensed the medical specialty are jointly and severally liable.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 199","pages":"Pages 62-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148694606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-01-20DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2025.12.003
Mohamed Boumaiza
{"title":"De la peur au respect : repenser la prise en charge esthétique des patients vivant avec le VIH indétectable","authors":"Mohamed Boumaiza","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2025.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2025.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article analyzes the management of patients living with HIV and having an undetectable viral load within the field of aesthetic medicine, from both ethical and scientific perspectives. Thanks to modern antiretroviral treatments, these patients present no risk of transmission and should be regarded as part of the general population. However, discriminatory practices persist, ranging from disproportionate precautions to implicit refusals of care, reflecting a misunderstanding of current medical realities. The article emphasizes the principle of non-discrimination, respect for human dignity, the importance of specific training for practitioners, and the need for a normal and inclusive approach to the therapeutic relationship. The conclusion calls for a shift “from fear to respect,” fully integrating patients with undetectable HIV into access to aesthetic care, free from unfounded fears and stigmatization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 199","pages":"Pages 57-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148694302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-07-02DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2026.06.002
Ridouan Hammouch (Maître de Conférences - Docteur en Droit Privé), Radouane El Khallouki (Maître de Conférences - Docteur en Droit Public)
{"title":"Violences sexuelles à l’encontre des enfants : contribution de l’expertise psycho-légale à l’établissement de la preuve","authors":"Ridouan Hammouch (Maître de Conférences - Docteur en Droit Privé), Radouane El Khallouki (Maître de Conférences - Docteur en Droit Public)","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Child sexual abuse cases present major evidentiary challenges, owing to the frequent absence of material evidence and the significant probative weight attributed to the child's statements within criminal proceedings. In this context, psycho-legal expertise has progressively assumed a central role in the evidentiary process, while raising acute methodological, legal, and ethical issues. This article examines the contribution of psycho-legal expertise to the proof of child sexual abuse in Morocco. It adopts a dual methodological approach. First, a bibliometric analysis of international scientific literature was conducted using the Web of Science database and processed through the Biblioshiny interface, in order to identify research trends and dominant thematic orientations in the field of sexual violence and forensic expertise. Second, a critical analysis addresses the diagnostic and methodological challenges associated with the clinical assessment of allegations of sexual abuse involving minors. The study demonstrates that psycho-legal expertise, while essential in assisting judicial decision-making in cases marked by significant evidentiary uncertainty, cannot be regarded as a decisive or autonomous form of proof. Its use requires strict legal and methodological regulation in order to preserve the balance between the protection of the child's best interests and respect for the fundamental guarantees of criminal proceedings, including the presumption of innocence, the adversarial principle, and the judge's sovereign power of assessment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 199","pages":"Pages 73-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148694304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-05-29DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2026.04.003
Hugo Martin-Giroux (Attaché d’administration hospitalière responsable relations avec les usagers/partenariat patients, direction de la qualité, gestion des risques et des relations avec les usagers du CHU de Rennes), Renaud Bouvet (Professeur de médecine légale et droit de la santé à l’université de Rennes, chef du service de médecine légale et médecine pénitentiaire du CHU de Rennes)
{"title":"Caractère communicable et modalités de communication des déclarations d’événements indésirables graves aux usagers du système de santé et à leurs ayants droit. CE, 20 févr. 2025, no 493519, mentionné aux tables du Recueil Lebon","authors":"Hugo Martin-Giroux (Attaché d’administration hospitalière responsable relations avec les usagers/partenariat patients, direction de la qualité, gestion des risques et des relations avec les usagers du CHU de Rennes), Renaud Bouvet (Professeur de médecine légale et droit de la santé à l’université de Rennes, chef du service de médecine légale et médecine pénitentiaire du CHU de Rennes)","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In a decision dated 20 February 2025, the Conseil d’État ruled on the disclosability and the conditions governing the disclosure of reports of serious adverse events associated with healthcare (EIGS) to users of the healthcare system and their legal successors. The Court classified EIGS reports as administrative documents subject to the regime established by the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration (CRPA), which may be disclosed after redaction of identifying data or assessments relating to healthcare professionals. Legal successors, treated as interested parties, may access the information necessary to understand the circumstances of the death. Notably, the decision also grants them access to the analysis of the causes of the event where such analysis sheds light on the death, marking a significant development. However, this extension of the right of access entails risks for quality-improvement processes and may lead to under-reporting of EIGS or to less detailed analyses. The decision thus challenges healthcare institutions to maintain a balance between the legitimate information needs of patients and the effectiveness of risk-management mechanisms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 199","pages":"Pages 67-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148694303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-02-25DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2026.02.001
Marie-Catherine Concé Chemtob (Professeur à l’UFR Santé Université Rouen Normandie)
{"title":"Parcours de soins : le rôle clé du pharmacien d’officine comme acteur de santé de proximité","authors":"Marie-Catherine Concé Chemtob (Professeur à l’UFR Santé Université Rouen Normandie)","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to the ongoing shortage of physicians, community pharmacists have further established themselves as accessible, front-line healthcare professionals. The era when pharmacists merely dispensed medicines from behind the counter is long over. Today, their scope of practice is expanding rapidly. Enhanced use of digital tools and strengthened interdisciplinary collaboration are helping to optimize the patient care pathway.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 198","pages":"Pages 52-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148154039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2025-12-10DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2025.11.002
Cyrille Gougbédji Maître de Conférences en Droit public
{"title":"La fracture territoriale et la justiciabilité du droit à la santé : approche comparative Afrique francophone-Canada","authors":"Cyrille Gougbédji Maître de Conférences en Droit public","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2025.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2025.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Territorial inequality in health is largely the result of the legal and administrative frameworks that govern health governance. The organizational models of health services, whether centralized or decentralized, directly influence the distribution of hospital infrastructure, the management of medical human resources and the implementation of public health policies. While Canada adopts a federal model based on the autonomy of provinces and territories in matters of health care, French-speaking Africa is characterized by a still strong centralization of health management, thus limiting the capacity of local communities to reduce disparities in access to care.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 198","pages":"Pages 43-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-03-05DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2025.12.004
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2026.01.001
Diane de Saint-Affrique Docteur en droit de l'Université Paris 2 (Full Professeur Skema Business School)
{"title":"IA et médecine : quand les avancées technologiques redéfinissent les règles d’une IA responsable dans le domaine de la santé","authors":"Diane de Saint-Affrique Docteur en droit de l'Université Paris 2 (Full Professeur Skema Business School)","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2026.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>AI is currently transforming medicine, improving diagnosis, predictive medicine, therapeutic decision-making, chronic disease monitoring and biomedical research. This revolution relies on the massive exploitation of sensitive health data, which requires a stronger legal framework to protect patients, their fundamental rights and their privacy. It also raises major ethical issues related to algorithm transparency, bias, informed consent, human oversight, and liability in the event of medical error. Only AI governed by robust legislation, demanding ethical principles, and effective human oversight will enable responsible medical practice that respects the doctor–patient relationship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 197","pages":"Pages 17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147636690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Medecine & DroitPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-20DOI: 10.1016/j.meddro.2025.12.002
Patrick Mistretta (Professeur de Droit privé et sciences criminelles, Directeur du master Droit pénal fondamental, Directeur du master Droit fondamental de la santé)
{"title":"Dérives thérapeutiques : la loi pénale contre les faux remèdes","authors":"Patrick Mistretta (Professeur de Droit privé et sciences criminelles, Directeur du master Droit pénal fondamental, Directeur du master Droit fondamental de la santé)","doi":"10.1016/j.meddro.2025.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.meddro.2025.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rise of unconventional healthcare practices, disseminated via the Internet and social media, increases the risk of therapeutic and sectarian abuses. For a long time, the criminal law arsenal was insufficient and did not allow for effective punishment for abandoning treatment or promoting dangerous practices. Law No. 2024-420 of 10 May 2024 aims to fill this enforcement gap by creating a separate offence of incitement to therapeutic abuse in Article 223-1-2 of the Criminal Code. Despite this progress, the new offences are based on vague concepts that undermine legal certainty and the principle of legality. Their inclusion in the “endangerment of persons” chapter of the Criminal Code undermines the <em>ratio legis</em> of the newly enacted offences, obscuring health as a protected social value. Ultimately, far from clarifying medical criminal law, the reform enshrines an imprecise, incomplete and poorly positioned mechanism that weakens its clarity and repressive effectiveness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":41275,"journal":{"name":"Medecine & Droit","volume":"2026 197","pages":"Pages 23-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147636691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}