Temida 2015 Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages: 97-110
https://doi.org/10.2298/TEM1501097V
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Corruption in health care: Victims of white coat crime in Serbia
Vasiljević-Prodanović Danica (Fakultet za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitaciju, Beograd)
The subject of this paper is corruption in health care, with particular focus
on some forms of corruption that occur in direct interaction between doctor
and patient. These forms of corruption, conditionally called minor
corruption, are usually included within the criminal offenses of bribery and
abuse of official duty. The law stipulates that both offering and accepting a
bribe are criminal offenses. The question that arises is who are the victims
and who the perpetrators of “white coat” crime? The aim of this paper is to
consider the phenomenological characteristics and mechanisms of minor
corruption in health care. This paper presents the results of the exploratory
study conducted in five medical institutions in Belgrade, during July 2014,
on a convenient sample of health workers who were willing to speak about this
sensitive topic.
Keywords: corruption, healthcare, victims, Serbia
Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 179044:
Razvoj metodologije evidentiranja kriminaliteta kao osnova efikasnih mera za
njegovo suzbijanje i prevenciju