“Fuzzy laws surrounding extreme intervention”
“In what extent you have the right to modify their own body?”
“The Swedish legislation has a hard time with the delineation of what is okay and not.”
“In the last week, the british tattooist Brendan”
“It is not easy to find the corresponding sentences in Sweden, or concrete legislation that regulates the issue. According to Yana Litinska, juris doctor in medical law at Uppsala university, it is difficult to define where the line is.”
“– To cut off an ear can be considered as ill-treatment or causing bodily injury, but also not, ” she says.”
“Inconclusive investigations”
“in Order to assess if they are criminal, one must take into account three factors: If there is a valid consent, how serious the damage is, and the social adequacy, therefore, if society agrees that the behavior is okay.”
“– for example, There is a case on the circumcision of boys in the Supreme court in 1997 which says that the procedure can be considered as ill-treatment but to religious and cultural reasons, that it falls within the social adequacy and, therefore, not delinquent, “says Linnea Wegerstad, doctor of laws at the university of Lund”
“In the Swedish patient safety legislation listed procedures which only health care professionals allowed to perform, for example, treatments with injected local anesthesia. Surgical procedures, however, are not on the list, because they are difficult to define precisely.”
“– There have been several investigations in Sweden on how to regulate the bodily interventions that are not considered medical treatment, but it has not come up with some legislative proposals, ” says Yana Litinska.”
“According to Linnea Wegerstad laws that are based, therefore, on a balance, where the individual’s right to decide over their own body are against the current legislation regarding self-determination.”
” One can never consent to be killed or grossly abused, for example. It is possible to free with ansvarsbefriande consent when it is about to call normalgraden of abuse, but where is the limit exactly, I can not answer, ” she says.”
“Had Brendan McCarthy could be judged even in Sweden?”
” I don’t know if I can answer yes or no to that question, and you can find a problem. What I know so this has not been the subject of judicial system in Sweden and it says something about not think that it is a also been the subject of problems.”
“There is always a risk of scarring, infections and allergies if the piercer or tattoo themselves because the body’s own protection in the form of the skin and mucous membranes punctured. Therefore, it is important that all instruments are sterile, it is also important that the person performing the surgery has a good hand hygiene and use disposable gloves during the treatment.”
“Some of the diseases and drugs, make it inappropriate to pierce or tattoo themselves, therefore, it is important to check this with a doctor or dentist.”
“It is important to keep a good hand hygiene when you come home, to wash hands frequently and not pillar on the piercing or tattoo with dirty hands if you want to avoid infections.”
“Source: national Board of health.”
