Tomáš Doležal

e-mail: tomas.dolezal@ilaw.cas.cz

Ass. Prof. JUDr. Tomáš Doležal, Ph.D., LL.M. is a leading legal scholar in medical and civil law. He is Head of the Department of Civil Law and Head of the Research Unit for Medical Law and Bioethics at the Institute of State and Law, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and lecturer at the Institute of Medical Law and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine. He is a Bureau member of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) and Head of the Czech Unit of UNESCO International Network in Bioethics. He collaborates with the Association of General Practitioners, especially during public consultations on medical legislation.

He is the author of many publications, including the monographs The Doctor-Patient Relationship in Private Law, Protection of patients' rights, and Causation the Civil Law.

In the ART of the future project, we will address both the legal and ethical aspects of research on embryonic stem cells, as well as specific issues related to assisted reproductive technology (ART).

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