title: [Civil responsibility of medical care activities in regard to the precautionary principle].
abstract: In the absence of a legal body regulating the precaution, do we have to confine the principle to public health? A negative answer is required at a time the medical liability is increasing more and more and the obligation to take all means is slipping toward to a strict obligation as to the result. The respect of the principle of precaution can be found in the obligation for the doctor to prove that he has fully informed the patient, but the medicine specificity requires delimitation of this obligation outlines.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le Foyer de Costil
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D016365:Liability, Legal; D014342:Truth Disclosure