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Since the field of medical law regulates many different individual areas, advice from a lawyer is often the safest way to make effective decisions. Especially in a medical case in which your health may be also at risk you should not act hastily and unprepared. Make sure to contact an experienced lawyer in the field […]
Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of the 16th of December 2021 In its decision of 16 December 2021, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that in certain constellations of pronounced need for protection, the state has a duty to effectively protect people from discrimination on the grounds of their disability, including by third parties. The […]
Before, after, throughout the operation: the time for the explanatory information When is it the right time for you practitioner to let you know about all the risks and possibilities you are going through during your operation? Let’s have a look at this court case together: in this case the “doctor’s explanatory talk” took place […]
As you may already know Germany is famous for its numerous legally recognized alternative, naturopathic practitioner. According to a representation of the Federal Statistical Office there were 43.000 practitioners in Germany in 2015. The “Heilpraktiker” profession as defined by German law does not exist in any other EU member state. Only Sweden, Denmark and some […]
Do you live in Germany, you are covered by a German Statutory Health insurance and you aim to get medical treatment abroad? Which rights and duties do you have? If you have statutory health insurance, you can also receive treatment within the European Union. Let’s take a common example: if you want to have your […]
Are you a therapeutic products developer? Or a therapeutic products user? In Germany, there are many rules that shall be taken into consideration before putting a therapeutic product on the markt. Let’s talk about advertising. How do you think that advertising should take place? The Therapeutic Products Advertising Act (Heilmittelwerbegesetz, HWG), along with the Unfair […]
Patients who feel they have been treated badly or incorrectly, or who assume that their doctor has violated medical obligations, have the right to complain. What should be taken into account? Reasons for a complaint can be: lack of information by the doctor treatment errors inadequate medical care violation of the duties of a doctor […]
Medical malpractice liability is an important focus of medical law, in which the liability relationship between doctor and patient is regulated. A doctor is responsible to his patient. As soon as a doctor treats a patient, a treatment contract is automatically created. This contract of service does not require a certain success – such as […]