Uit het Perspectief-rapport (januari 2020) blijkt dat het besluit om het eigen leven te beëindigen zonder dat er sprake is van een medische grondslag niet samenhangt met de leeftijd van de betrokkene. Aan een wettelijke regeling die de zelfgekozen dood mogelijk maakt voor mensen met een ‘voltooid leven’, zoals voorgesteld door D66, bestaat daarom geen behoefte. De eis van een medische grondslag is echter onnodig restrictief en verdient dan ook heroverweging. Dat hoeft er niet toe te leiden niet-artsen bij de uitvoering van een besluit tot levensbeëindiging te betrekken.

Little is known about (former) partners of 1%motorcycle club members. Social professionals working with victims of domestic violence in shelters have regular encounters with these mostly female (ex-)partners. In this exploratory contribution we wonder what is known about domestic violence amongst people with (ex-)partners of 1%motorcycle club members and the consequences of the involvement of a motorcycle club for tackling this violence. Based on thirteen semi-structured interviews with social professionals working in a shelter, external professionals and (ex-)partners, the link between domestic violence and membership of a motorcycle club could not be verified. What this research does show is that safety is the number one priority in working with these (ex-)partners. Furthermore, it shows how complex it is to assess the seriousness of potential threat coming from these 1%motorcyle clubs. Further research on domestic violence in environments associated with organised crime and the cooperation between the judiciary system and social professionals is needed to improve safety and wellbeing for this specific group.

Deze bijdrage betreft het wettelijk tuchtrecht, gebaseerd op de Wet op de beroepen in de individuele gezondheidszorg, Wet BIG.

In dit artikel wordt de rol van het medisch tuchtrecht in de letselschadepraktijk belicht.

Hartendorp emphasizes in his contribution that a judge is a decision-maker bound by the law. He agrees with Klijn that this position makes it difficult to act as a problem solver. However, this does not alter the fact that, in order to act effectively, a judge must have a dual orientation on the conflict and the dispute between the parties. The Judiciary can only increase its social effectiveness if it manages to bring about a synthesis between its classic decisive task and an orientation aimed at effectiveness.

In dit artikel onderzoeken de auteurs op welke wijze het recht op vrije artsenkeuze is uitgewerkt binnen het sociaal domein. Daarbij wordt een vergelijking gemaakt met artikel 13 lid 1 Zvw en het daaruit volgende hinderpaalcriterium.

Analyse van de arresten van de Hoge Raad van 19 juni 2020 met betrekking tot de aansprakelijkheid van de hulpverlener voor medische hulpmiddelen.

The aim of this study was to investigate the scale and network structure of prostitution in the northern provinces of the Netherlands. This study tries to answer three research questions – using a social network analysis – about (1) the size of the prostitution network, (2) the formation of subgroups, and (3) key positions within the networks. The findings show that approximately two thirds of the researched prostitution networks is still unregistered, while there are indications that the outcome of the estimate is in line with the actual situation. Furthermore, results show that prostitutes have a tendency to form subgroups on the basis of the same nationality, which indicates that homophily plays a role in the formation of subgroups. The identification of the actors who occupy key positions in the network were based on the key player problem (KPP). A striking finding was that organizers of prostitution (such as pimps) did not have a central position in the networks. These findings provide insight into the way in which prostitution is registered, and provide points of departure for interventions to disrupt the network or, on the contrary, to strengthen it.

In this article, an analysis is made of two response models for different forms of abuse and violence that occurred in the past on children in institutional settings. Two programmes are compared, as they operated during last 10 years in Belgium: on the one hand the Centre of Arbitration for sexual abuse and violence in the Catholic Church at the national level, on the other hand the Commission for Recognition and Mediation for various types of abuse and violence in youth and educational institutions and other organisational contexts in the Flemish Community. Both models are analysed and compared at the conceptual and empirical level from a restorative justice approach, looking at the elements that may reveal a certain form of restorative justice and/or may contain lessons for the further development of restorative justice. The background and origins of both programmes are presented into detail, followed by a comparison with respect to the political options on the basis of their creation, the composition of their boards, their scope of application and their procedures. Some numbers and characteristics of cases dealt with are presented.
The analysis of both models points at the presence – in varying degrees – of important restorative justice elements as provided in the international literature. However, restorative justice standards are more prominent in the Flemish Commission for Recognition and Mediation as compared to the national Centre of Arbitration for sexual abuse in the Church. Both programmes also demonstrate that restorative action is needed at different, mutually interwoven levels: the personal (micro) level, the institutional (meso) level and the societal (macro) level. At the institutional and societal level the transformative potential of the interventions is very much needed, but also most challenging in terms of the development of effective restorative methods.

Op 19 juni 2020 deed de Hoge Raad uitspraak in twee kwesties waarin de aansprakelijkheid van de hulpverlener voor het gebruik van een ongeschikte medische hulpzaak centraal stond. De auteur gaat in op de betekenis van deze uitspraken in het licht van eerdere jurisprudentie op dit terrein en geeft haar visie op de bruikbaarheid van de uitspraken in de praktijk.

Patiënten in de leeftijd van 12 tot 16 jaar moeten, naast hun ouders, op basis van de Wet op de Geneeskundige Behandelingsovereenkomst (WGBO) toestemming geven voor hun medische behandelingsovereenkomst. Maar dit houdt niet in dat de jeugdige tussen de 12 en 16 jaar een zelfstandige toegang tot de rechter toekomt in geval van niet-nakoming van de behandelingsovereenkomst. Is dit in overeenstemming met kinder- en mensenrechten?

Two major shifts in the Dutch policy have changed how social professionals work for migrants. These two refer to the change from a multicultural in an assimilation policy and a participative society where people are more dependent on their network or resilience for dealing with their needs. Based on our exploratory interviews with eight professionals and a focus group of six participants with a non-western cultural background we conclude that what migrants expect from social professionals and what they can offer do not match. It is due to contrasting views and cultural differences. This has a negative impact on their participation.

In deze kroniek bespreken de auteurs de relevante bestuursrechtelijke uitspraken en ontwikkelingen op het terrein van de gezondheidszorg. Deze kroniek ziet op de periode van 1 februari 2019 tot en met 1 juni 2020.