Knee and Hip TEP Surgery: The Surgeonsʼ Obligation to Give Information
Thielmann, T.; Tuzhikov, A. · NeuroTransmitter · 2019 · Heft 04 · S. 386 bis 391
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AbstractThe German Civil Code (BGB) establishes in § 630e BGB formal and content-related requirements to provide the patient with a solid fundament of information. This is necessary for a valid informed consent. Without it, the physician is liable for the violation of the patientsʼ physical integrity and his right to self-determination. According to German jurisprudence, this shall even apply when the treatment was conducted duly and without any complications. Therefore, it is astonishing that the correct way of giving information is neither taught in medical school nor in the residency. In practice, supervisors…