Broad evidence exists that health care professionals are facing ethical difficulties in patient care demanding a spectrum of useful ethics support services. Clinical ethics consultation is one of these forms of ethics support being effective in the acute ...

Every diagnostic or therapeutic medical intervention requires a legal basis. This is in most cases informed consent. The ability to give informed consent depends on correct judgement which can be influenced by many mental disorders, therefore doctors have ...

Physical and sexual violence is an increasing issue in daily clinical praxis. The article defines the different kinds of violence like domestic violence, urban violence, accidental and self-inflicted injuries. Medical Doctors should be teached in forensic ...

Child abuse may result in dramatic short and longtime dagae of children’s physical and emotional well being. This underscores the clinician’s special responsibility to contribute a sound professional and scientific approach to the multiprofessional ...

Legal liability proceedings against doctors have increased considerably within the last few years. These discussions frequently start with communication problems between doctors and patients. Patients should be informed openly about unwanted incidents; ...

Driving a car in public traffic requires a high performance that is often underestimated owing to daily habit. Fitness to drive can be impaired temporary or permanently because of taking substances declining the performance and because of various somatic ...

The examination of a deceased person is an important duty for physicians. It comprises the certification of death, the certification of the identity of the deceased, a thorough examination of the body, an estimation of the moment of death and ends with ...

In industrial countries, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) poses the most common mode of deaths occurring in the postneonatal period. During the last years the incidence has decreased and is currently less than 0.5 per 1000 live births. The cause of ...

Medical end-of-life decisions that potentially shorten life (Sterbehilfe) are normally divided into four categories: Passive Sterbehilfe refers to withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging measures, indirect Sterbehilfe refers to the use of agents such ...