englischWith about 250,000 patients annually, German inbound medical tourism has evolved from a niche phenomenon to a lucrative business segment for German healthcare providers over the past decades. In order to provide foreign patients with access to the German healthcare market, many clinics [...]

englischSo far, no in-depth studies have been conducted on the tensions between different disciplines regarding selection criteria and a possible triage situation in the event of a pandemic. A conception of selection criteria is difficult: While, for example, the principle of chance as the sole [...]

englischThe knowledge of medical science about placebo and nocebo phenomena for therapeutic practice is continuously increasing. Nevertheless, the tension regarding the (criminal) legal framework continues to exist. In particular, the avoidance of undesirable nocebo phenomena has received little [...]

englischToday, telemedicine already has an important impact on the medical treatment of patients. Since easing of the ban on exclusive remote treatment in 2018, doctors are now allowed to treat their patients entirely at a distance using means of telecommunication. Nevertheless, the legally [...]

englischThe core of the study is the analysis of the physician's duty to disclose as a speech act. In contrast to the BGH's formulation, the patient disclosure is not largely "characterized by the atmospheric" and thus withdrawn from legal analysis but a form of rule-governed behavior. With the [...]

englischThe work includes a deliberative analysis of potential criminal liability risks to physicians for consented life-threatening treatments.

A physician's ethical obligation is to preserve life, cure disease, and alleviate suffering. However, the hope of cure is often accompanied by acceptance [...]

englischCriminal law does not adequately reflect current and future interests in the context of euthanasia and restricts the fundamental right to self-determined termination of life in a paternalistic manner. A reform of the criminal law regulations on euthanasia is not only necessary since the [...]

englischThe billing of healthcare services is multilayered and complex. This is particularly true for medical services in hospitals. The historically developed reimbursement system offers room for billing errors and even fraud. This study examines the issue of billing fraud in hospitals, which has [...]

englischThe COVID-19 pandemic forced physicians around the world to make tragic decisions: Whose life should be saved when it is apparent that available resources are insufficient to treat everyone? Under the heading of "triage" a broad societal debate ensued that also ignited the scientific [...]

englischFor a long time, there was a diffuse body of opinion in the literature and case law regarding the physician's duty to disclose medical errors. With the entry into force of the Patients' Rights Act 2013, further discussion has become superfluous. In the course of the law reform, a [...]