Wetterling T, Neubauer H, Neubauer W
Klinik für Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
Z Gerontol. 1994 Sep-Oct;27(5):299-305.
Physicians are obliged to inform all patients about the diagnosis and course as well as the purpose and risks of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Difficulties in informing elderly, especially cognitively impaired patients are discussed. The legal aspects in Germany are shortly reviewed.
医生有义务向所有患者告知诊断结果、病程以及诊断和治疗程序的目的与风险。文中讨论了向老年患者，尤其是认知受损患者进行告知时存在的困难。还简要回顾了德国的法律相关情况。
