title: [Reversible damages: loss of chance].
abstract: Chance is the probability that a particular event may or may not occur and, in this sense, a loss of chance∗∗ can be defined as the missed opportunities resulting from the loss of the possibility that a favorable event will occur (a contrario, the failure to take risks)∗∗∗. This is a self-imposed liability that should be distinguished from the final damage. Moral damage is a notion that is very close to loss of chance although it is based on indemnification from the final damage of an affliction or malady.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Béry
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011336:Probability; D012306:Risk