title: [Confiscation and delivery of patient records].
abstract: In most cases, a physician faces an investigation by a prosecutor the first time when his office is subject of a search or confiscation. Without warning in advance, the police or the prosecutor usually demands the delivery of patients records with or without a search warrant. This paper demonstrates the legal requirements for a search and offers recommendations about behavior.
authors.affiliation: eckstein.leitner@t-online.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Leitner
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*