title: [Legal obligations concerning medical records (author's transl)].
abstract: According to a recent verdict of the German Federal High Court, physicians are obliged to keep records. In civil lawsuits, however, there is no obligation to hand over medical records, although the patient or his representative may be entitled to examine them.
mesh_terms: D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Krankenunterlagenherausgabe und Dokumentationspflicht.