title: [Professional civil responsibility of physicians: towards a modification of the law in the year 2000?].
abstract: For more than twenty years, physicians, lawyers, insurers and patients stress the wrong working of civil medical liability in our country. After surveying the most important slacknesses of the current system, the author examines the answers or proposals on the one hand of the jurisprudence and on the other hand of the governing authorities and finally of the scientific sector. The study emphasizes also the current community of interest which leads to implementation of a new law which content is however difficult to define. At last, the author tries to show the most clearly expected modifications and suggests also some practical pieces of advice regarding the evolution of the jurisprudence.
authors.affiliation: U.L.B.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiry
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010819:Physician's Role; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence