Segest E
Med Law. 1993;12(6-8):617-25.
A survey has been carried out of court rulings during the last decade in cases regarding patients' complaints about alleged medical malpractice. The character of the cases is described, both penal code/disciplinary cases and cases regarding compensation. A number of main themes is evaluated: the availability of case records to the patient; the possibility for patients to choose medical advisers; the lessening of the burden on patients to prove that physicians have been negligent; and the relaxation of the burden on patients to prove causality between the injury and the medical treatment given. These main themes are evaluated over time. The investigation should be seen in the light of the fact that Denmark has recently introduced a patient insurance scheme, and the study will be the starting point for a later evaluation of the importance of this scheme, with particular reference to an improvement in patients' rights.
对过去十年间有关患者投诉医疗事故指控的法庭裁决进行了一项调查。描述了这些案件的性质，包括刑法/纪律处分案件和赔偿案件。评估了一些主要主题：患者获取病例记录的可能性；患者选择医疗顾问的可能性；减轻患者证明医生存在过失的负担；以及减轻患者证明伤害与所接受医疗之间因果关系的负担。随着时间的推移对这些主要主题进行评估。鉴于丹麦最近推出了患者保险计划，应从这一事实出发看待这项调查，该研究将成为稍后评估该计划重要性的起点，尤其涉及患者权利的改善。
