Abstract
The article deals with the issues of criminal liability of medical workers for professional violations committed by them in the process of providing medical care that caused harm to the life and health of patients. The author justifi es the incorrect use of the term iatrogenic crimes. The defi nition of the category "medical crimes" is given by analyzing this group of crimes. Having determined the objective and subjective signs of medical crimes, the author comes to the conclusion that it is unacceptable to substitute the concepts of medical crime and medical error. The author shows that medical error in the absence of the perpetrator relationship to the ensuing harm is a bona fi de misconception of the medical worker based on the imperfection of medical science and its methods or due to atypical course of the disease, the abnormal anatomical features of the body, allergic reactions in the process of providing medical services.
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