
Solvita OlsenaUniversity of Latvia | LU · Faculty of Medicine
Solvita Olsena
Dr.iur, MD
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Introduction
Solvita Olsena currently works at the Medical Faculty, the University of Latvia. Solvita does research in health law and human rights in health, legal issues of a healthcare organization.
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The study demonstrates the data on the modified electroconvulsive therapy (mECT) use in Latvia since 2019: national statistic data (2021-2022) and two case reports are provided. The conclusion about the probable overuse of ECT is made. To protect the rights of patients with medical decision-making capacity issues, the proposal for urgent practice a...
The paper deals with the issue of involuntary mental health admissions due to the inability to take care of oneself or those under one’s guardianship (general clause) and the presence of a prognosis of an unavoidable and serious health condition due to mental illness. To describe the general clause and the methodology of prognosis making, the analy...
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A well-established principle is that informed consent is an obligatory requirement for any medical intervention; a patient’s decision-making capacity to consent is a requirement for legally valid consent. Some individuals may be unable to give valid informed consent due to their limited mental capacity. In such cases, laws permit subst...
The Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman Treatment (CPT) is a body of the Council of Europe that organises visits to places of detention such as psychiatric hospitals and social care homes, in order to asses how persons deprived of their liberty are treated. Since the number of patients with limited capacity in psychiatry is substant...
Pacientu tiesības sniegt brīvu un informētu piekrišanu ārstniecībā ir vispāratzītas. Tās ir nostiprinātas normatīvajos aktos. Zināms, ka nozīmīga daļa pacientu, kuriem piemīt īslaicīgi vai ilgstoši garīga rakstura un fiziski traucējumi, ir ierobežoti savās spējās pieņemt lēmumus un tā īstenot informētas piekrišanas tiesības. Šī realitāte prasa vērt...
The Oxford Compendium of National Legal Responses to Covid-19 is a global academic collaboration mapping legal responses to Covid-19 in dozens of participating countries and territories. Each entry is structured identically and explores the role of public law, institutional adaptation, public health measures, social and labour policy, and human rig...
The paper presents the current legal regulation of rights of persons with limited capacity in administrative procedure and suggests considering amendments to secure the implementation of norms stated in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. First, the general framework of legal capacity in Latvian law is described. Second, t...
Global public health emergency due to the spread of Covid-19 required the government of Latvia to implement necessary measures to control the virus. Numerous measures were introduced as novel legal requirements for the general public as well as for users and providers of health care. Numerous legal provisions established restrictions on the rights...
Objective: Although the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the presence of a support person, several hospitals in Latvia have restricted the presence of supporting persons due to COVID-19. This study was conducted to understand the importance of partnership and the role of the accompanying person in childbirth in the context of COVID-19 in...
Lemtspējas un rīcībspējas nošķiršana pacientu tiesību aizsardzības procesā.
Latvia, being one of the EU Member States, has an obligation to implement the rules stated by the Directive 2011/24/EU on Patients' Rights in Cross-border Healthcare (hereinafter--the Directive) before 25 October 2013 in existing national legislation and practice. Implementation was carried out under pressured circumstances. A National Contact Poin...