Medical denialism: the concept, origins and possibilities of law in its overcoming

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of such a phenomenon as medical denialism and legal mechanisms to overcome it. The mass nature of the movements of antivaxers, HIV and covid denialism indicates the relevance of this problem in our country, and therefore it is important to investigate the reasons underlying medical denial. No less relevant is the question of the effectiveness of legal influence on these processes: can legal imperatives properly influence people’s behavior in relation to their health? Or should the state involve other social regulators to counter the destructive manifestations of medical denialism? The search for answers to these questions involves the use of not only legal tools, but also the involvement of an arsenal of other sciences — medicine, psychology, philosophy.