20.500.12556/RUL-190232 Regulation of triage in times of a pandemic experiences from Slovenia (and beyond) The article offers an overview of legal regulations governing (medical) triage in Slovenia and their importance in times of the Covid-19 epidemic. Focusing on the Patients` Rights, Health Care and Health Insurance, Medical Services, and Health Services Act, it looks at ways in which legal rules and medical standards intertwine when it comes to deciding who should receive particular limited medical treatment first or in what order. It also deals with ways in which professional rules of conduct or medical standards may, on the one hand, exclude the unlawfulness of particular conduct, and how, on the other hand, law may limit the autonomy of medical practitioners. Both the autonomy in their professional conduct as well as healthcare providers`, but especially professional organizations` law-making autonomy. Even if grounded in the Slovenian legal order, the present article by nature surpasses its domestic boundaries, since the Covid-19 epidemic created similar issues in several if not in all European jurisdictions. Even more so, since the article addresses several general challenges concerning triage in times or moments of crisis, such as state`s positive obligations, recognition of patients` private autonomy, medical treatment abroad, ethical deliberations concerning a just distribution of scarce medical services, etc. triage Covid-19 patients` rights human dignity equal treatment medicina in pravo pandemije Slovenija pacientove pravice true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-10-25 07:50:00 2026-10-27 14:21:37 2026-10-28 04:08:42 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 str. 189-207 ǂno. ǂ2 ǂVol. ǂ14 Oct. 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 34:61:351.77(497.4) 2463-7955 10.18690/mls.14.2.189-208.2021 83026947 RAZ_Misic_Luka_2021.pdf RAZ_Misic_Luka_2021.pdf 1 E5D8EF90B04FDFCB4F230412BA60015B e3d313a50d297f579a71a3db948b83ddb05a192e3fa0bd78a234d64d49e2437f b451c863-d208-11f1-aea2-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=251679 https://journals.um.si/index.php/medicine/article/view/1365 1 4bf948c2-d040-11f1-aea2-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=251437 Pravna fakulteta 0 0 0