title: [Ethical-legal aspects of the civil responsibility of physicians in professional practice].
abstract: The ethical-juridical concepts related to the civil responsibility of medical activity in liberal practice are brought up to date. To this end, the arguments which guide the shaping up of the contractual relationship between the physician and the client are analysed, as also are the foundations on which the notion of guilt--an essential component of civil responsibility, whether relating to technical acts of to those within the field of medical humanism--are grounded. The answers presented for the solution of this question by European juridical systems are given.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Prática de Saúde Pública da Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fortes
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011331:Private Practice; D012941:Social Responsibility
vernacular_title: Aspectos ético-jurídicos da responsabilidade civil do médico em prática liberal.