The Loss of Chance Doctrine and current changes in the practice and views of courts of justice on the principles of causality and causal link in civil medico-legal proceedings
Authors:
I. Piňos
Authors place of work:
Advokátní kancelář, Praha
Published in the journal:
Anest. intenziv. Med., 27, 2016, č. 1, s. 48-51
Category:
Medicine Law
Summary
The euroatlantic law is divided in two systems – Common law and Code Civil – Code Napoleon. Some principles of Common law are recently accepted in continental systems. Loss of chance is step by step replacing the strict requirement of evidence of causality. The key concepts of civil litigation are presented. What is the correct medical procedure? The new Czech Civil code and expected amounts of compensations.
Keywords:
medicolegal – providing – Czech new civil code – evidence based medicine (EBM) – causality – legal probability – loss of chance
Štítky
Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Inten Intensive Care MedicineČlánok vyšiel v časopise
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
2016 Číslo 1
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