title: [The physician as an accident witness: emergency treatment and the problem of failure to treat].
abstract: As a witness of an accident the physician has always the duty to render first aid. At least he has to examine carefully whether his help is not or no more necessary. On account of his professional abilities the duty to first aid may concern him as the only person also among several participants, and he must always care to take the best possible measures for the prevention of dangers. In the other case he exposes himself the danger of culpability for not having performed first aid. Apart from a penal verdict also the possibility of a verdict by a professional court of justice for the same offence can be added. In the process before the professional court of justice is examined, whether or not the physician failed in his professional duty to protect and restore health as well as to reduce complaints (section 1, number 2 MBO).
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Broglie
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005392:First Aid; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Der Arzt als Unfallzeuge: Notärztliche Versorgung und Probleme der unterlassenen Hilfeleistung.