Research Article
The Weak Health Workers Legal Protection Within The Law Number 36 of 2009 Regarding Health
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.8-6-2021.2314333, author={Kana Purwadi and Hendra Sukarman}, title={The Weak Health Workers Legal Protection Within The Law Number 36 of 2009 Regarding Health}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Indonesian Legal Studies, ICILS 2021, June 8-9 2021, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICILS}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={legal protection health workers health law medical dispute}, doi={10.4108/eai.8-6-2021.2314333} }- Kana Purwadi
Hendra Sukarman
Year: 2022
The Weak Health Workers Legal Protection Within The Law Number 36 of 2009 Regarding Health
ICILS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.8-6-2021.2314333
Abstract
Violence against health workers committed by the patients and/or patients’ family are still frequently occurred. Law number 36 of 2009 regulates legal protection for health workers, however, the required Government Regulation as it is supposed to act as the implementation regulation has not been issued yet. How does the health workers’ legal protection are able to be just and how does a just legal enforcement concerning health workers and health service recipient disputes will be? Applying normative juridical methodology, legal material is qualitatively analyzed by interpreting and discussing the result of the research based on legal definitions, legal norms, legal theories and doctrines. Result of this discussion, arrangement of legal protection for the health workers within the Law number 36 of 2009 causes legal vacuum in regard to its implementation regulation and not able to act as an empowerment of changes as well as the community’s legal culture.