title: [Legal evaluation of bone tumors].
abstract: Three topics are of major importance in the legal evaluation of bone tumors: The questions of medical liability, of causality and of medical evaluation. Concerning medical liability, the legal consequences of proven cases of malpractice are stressed. A causal connection between an accused trauma and the occurrence of a malignant bone tumor can be denied in nearly all circumstances. Due to the well known occurrence of a secondary sarcoma, the irradiation of a benign bone tumor or tumorlike lesion is strongly disfavored. In cases of medical evaluation, patients with malignant bone tumors should be judged by the same criteria as patients with any other diseases and impairments.
authors.affiliation: Stiftung Orthopädische Univ. Klinik Heidelberg.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ewerbeck
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rompe
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012943:Social Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
vernacular_title: Begutachtungsfragen bei Knochentumoren.