Mandilara Petroula, Galanakos Spyridon P, Bablekos George
Attorney at Law, Athens Bar Association, Athens, GRC.
Department of Orthopaedics, Primary Health Care Corporation, Athens, GRC.
Cureus. 2023 Jul 9;15(7):e41593. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41593. eCollection 2023 Jul.
Medical liability is a term associated with medical procedures and acts that has been a topic of controversy and research since ancient times all over the world. In ancient times, it was usually explained based on theocratic conceptions and was directly related to the social position of the patient to whom the physician applied medicine, while the capacity of the physician implied specific qualities. The present review of ancient history and geography provides a detailed description of the issues concerning medical responsibility through the years in ancient Greece, the birthplace of Asclepius and Hippocrates, the fathers of medical science, and the medical oath of conscientious performance of physician duties. Furthermore, it discusses the issue of medical liability globally from ancient times till more recently. Finally, medical liability and the interaction of its various aspects in Greece in recent years is presented according to Greek legislation to provide a good review for the reader to acknowledge the changes in medical liability through the centuries.
医疗责任是一个与医疗程序和行为相关的术语，自古以来一直是世界各地争议和研究的主题。在古代，它通常基于神权观念进行解释，并且与医生施药的患者的社会地位直接相关，而医生的能力则意味着特定的品质。本次对古代历史和地理的回顾详细描述了多年来在古希腊有关医疗责任的问题，古希腊是医学之父阿斯克勒庇俄斯和希波克拉底的诞生地，以及医生尽职履行职责的医学誓言。此外，它还讨论了从古至今全球范围内的医疗责任问题。最后，根据希腊法律介绍了近年来希腊医疗责任及其各个方面的相互作用，以便为读者提供一个很好的综述，使其了解几个世纪以来医疗责任的变化。
