title: [Medicine aboard cruise ships--law insurance specifics].
abstract: The booming cruise industry, associated with ships with more passengers and crew on board, results in growing medical needs for the ship doctor. The ship's doctor insurance policy includes different jurisdictions, namely national law, international law, tort law, insurance law and labor law. In addition, international agreements must be taken into account, which complicates the design of an adequate insurance policy. Equally high are the costs and defense costs for the ship's doctor in case of liability. In order to limit the liability for all parties is to ask for appropriately qualified medical staff, hired on board.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Plastische Chirurgie, Handchirurgie, Intensiveinheit für Schwerbrandverletzte, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck. info@schiffsarztboerse.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ottomann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frenzel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muehlberger
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012767:Ships