Laufs A
Juristische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg.
Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena). 1995 Nov;89(6):554-62.
The article illustrates how court opinion has shaped the malpractice issue for medical doctors during the last 40 years and places this development in the general context of civil liability. Jurisprudence in the higher courts has been generally moderate in its steady interpretation of material and procedural questions to illustrate the issue of contractual liability and negligence for physicians and hospitals and also to secure wide-spread legal precedence. A prediction of the future legal development gives rise, however, to some misgivings. Not only will the issue of negligence without fault be questioned but also that of malpractice. This constitutive element of self-employment must not be weakened in any way. Financial, personal, or equipment deficiencies must not be allowed to become liability risks for medical doctors as a matter of course.
本文阐述了过去40年里法院判决如何塑造了医生的医疗事故问题，并将这一发展置于民事责任的总体背景中。高等法院的判例法在对实体和程序问题的稳步解释上总体较为温和，以阐明医生和医院的合同责任及过失问题，并确立广泛的法律先例。然而，对未来法律发展的预测引发了一些担忧。不仅无过错过失问题会受到质疑，医疗事故问题也会如此。自营职业的这一构成要素绝不能以任何方式被削弱。绝不能理所当然地让财务、个人或设备缺陷成为医生的责任风险。
