Karpenko L. Criminal legal provision of medical confidentiality

The social conditioning of criminal law to ensure medical confidentiality, the historical development of legislation in Ukraine. The comparative legal analysis of the criminal laws of Ukraine and laws of individual countries Romance and Germanic, Anglo-American, mixed and Far Eastern legal systems concerning criminal liability for unlawful disclosure of confidential medical information. Detail the objective and subjective symptoms of unlawful disclosure of confidential medical information. The necessity of improving the relevant criminal law and punishment for unlawful disclosure of confidential medical information.