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 […]
Corona Rules and Visitation Rights: The Tribunal Decision
During the pandemic the visitation rights in the hospital have strictly been restricted: is this however legally acceptable? Let’s have a look at the case of the Leverkusen Local Court, Order of 30.05.2022 – 26 C 190/22 – The son of terminally ill patient granted access to the hospital despite hospital’s Corona rules stated the contrary […]
Organs donations and medical obligations
Deciding to donate organs is not an easy decision to take. The best way is always to discuss this decision with your practitioner. But what shall he/she exactly tell you? Doctors are principally liable to pay damages to an organ donor if they have not sufficiently informed the donor about all risks prior to a […]