title: [Forensic evaluation of medical malpractice from the historical viewpoint].
abstract: Damage caused to patients by medical treatment, including surgery, used to be covered by penal law for long periods in the past. This had entailed considerable difficulties primarily in surgical practice. Reported in this paper are court rulings in the course of history. This is out of question in the GDR. Surgical interventions cannot be penalized.
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D008318:Malpractice / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Zur strafrechtlichen Beurteilung ärztlicher Fehlhandlungen aus historischer Sicht.