Rechtsfragen in der Radioonkologie

Abstract

Every attending physician should feel obliged to pay attention to legal questions concerning medical subjects, though judgments on the contents and the extent of the information that must be given to patients are complex and difficult to understand for anybody not experienced in law. Only so the ever-increasing tendency of people to try to make financial profit on information that they consider mistaken or incomplete can be opposed and a lawsuit can be won, if it cannot be avoided.

Therapy-Associated Late Effects after Irradiation of Malignant Diseases in Childhood and Adolescence. Feasibility Analyses of a Prospective Multicenter Register Study

“…Durch die Verbesserung der Prognose von Kindern mit einer onkologischen Erkrankung werden Spät-nebenwirkungen häufiger apparent. Die valide Einschätzung des individuellen Nebenwirkungsrisikos eines Patienten ist dabei für die Therapieentscheidung und die Patientenaufklä-rung bedeutsam [11]. Zudem sind genaue Kenntnisse über Nebenwirkungsrisiken für die Formulierung zukünftiger Studienkonzeptionen wichtig.…”

Waiting for Radiotherapy

“…Nevertheless, most would prefer restricted patient information. This could have legal consequences and along ethical lines of thought this is very questionable, because facts are withheld from patients which they need in order to make decisions about their health [22].…”