[Life threatening complications in alternative medicine--problems in patient education].
The risk of treatment offered by nonmedical practitioners are demonstrated with six casuistic expertise reports. In four cases the treatment had a lethal outcome, because the underlying illnesses had been underestimated or had not been diagnosed. To the authors opinion a patient's consent in a treatment by nonmedical practitioners is inoperative, because a nonmedical practitioner is on principle unable to inform a patient regularly because of his lack of medical knowledge.
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Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Univ. Heidelberg.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012307:Risk Factors
Lebensgefährliche Komplikationen unter Heilpraktikerbehandlung--Aufklärungsprobleme.