• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2014

일반적으로 채권채무관계에 있어서 채무자가 그 채무를 임의로 이행하지 않는 경우에는 채권자로 하여금 소송의 방법으로 채무자에게 재판상 청구를 할 수 있다. 즉 판결을 통하여 급부를 할 것을 명하였음에도 불구하고 채무자가 그 판결에 불응할 경우 국가의 힘에 의해 강제집행을 할 수 있다. 결국 채무의 이행은 원칙적으로 국가기관에 의해 강제되는 것이다. 그러나 예외적으로 채권으로서 유효하게 성립하였지만, 채무자가 스스로 이행을 하지 않는 경우 국가기관으로부터 보호를 받을 수 없는 경우가 있다. 자연채무가 그렇다. 이 자연채무는 로마법의 엄격한 형식주의적 소구법체계에서 유래하는 것으로서, 모든 채권이 원칙적으로 소구가능성이 있는 것으로 구성되는 근대민법에서의 예외적인 현상이다. 이에 우리나라의 학설은 예외 없이 자연채무라는 개념을 인정하고 있지만, 아직도 자연채무가 어떤 것이고, 어떻게 발생하느냐에 관하여 학자들의 다툼이 있어 본 논문에서 자연채무 개념을 비롯한 효력과 범위에 관하여 재검토를 하고자 한다.

• 의료법학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.263-302
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• 2014

The court handed down meaningful rulings related to medical sectors in 2013. This paper presents the ruling that the care workers could be the performance assistants of the care-giving service although the duties of care worker are not included in the liability stipulated in the medical contract signed with the hospital for reason of clear distinction of duties between care workers and nurses within the hospital in connection with the contract which was entered into between the hospital and patients. In relation to negligence and causal relationship, the court recognized medical negligence associated with the failure to detect the brain tumor due to the negligent interpretation of MRI findings while rejecting the causal relationship with consequential cerebral hemorrhage. The court also recognized negligence based on the observation on the grounds of inadequate medical records in a case involving the hypoxic brain damage caused during the cosmetic surgery. In terms of the scope of compensation for damages, this paper presents the ruling that the compensation should be estimated based on causal relationship only in case the breach of the 'obligation of explanation' is recognized, however rejecting the reparation for de factor property damages in the form of compensation, and the ruling that the lawsuit could be instituted in case that the damages exceeded the agreed scope despite the agreement that the hospital would not be held responsible for any aftereffects of surgery from the standpoint of lawsuit, along with the ruling that recognized the daily net income by reflecting the unique circumstances faced by individual students of Korean National Police University and artists of Western painting. Many rulings were handed down with respect to medical certificate, prescription, etc., in 2013. This paper introduced the ruling which mentioned the scope of medical certificate, the ruling that related to whether the diagnosis over the phone at the issuance of prescription could constitute the direct diagnosis of patient, along with the ruling that required the medical certificate to be generated in the name of doctor who diagnosed the patients, and the ruling which proclaimed that it would constitute the breach of Medical Act if the prescription was issued to the patients who were not diagnosed. Moreover, this paper also introduced the ruling that related to whether the National Health Insurance Service could make claim to the hospitals for the reimbursement of the health insurance money paid to pharmacies based on the prescription in the event that the hospitals provided prescription of drugs to outpatients in violation of the laws and regulations.