[Medical liability risk].
Every course of medical action is associated with some kind of risks. Basically, it is the patient who bears these risks; there is no strict medical liability. The physician can only be held liable for damages resulting from avoidable medical errors. The physician protects himself from liability for these kinds of damages by informing the patient about not entirely avoidable risks and any secondary damages. Hence proper patient information is also a means of exonerating the physician from liability for not entirely avoidable risks.
Schreiber
Hans-Ludwig
HL
Abt. für Arzt- und Arzneimittelrecht des Juristischen Seminars, Universitit Göttingen. h-l.schreiber@jura.uni-goettingen.de
D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018570:Risk Assessment