[Medicolegal aspects of tumor boards]. / Medizinrechtliche Aspekte von Tumorboards.
Chirurg
; 84(3): 225-30, 2013 Mar.
Article
in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23455588
ABSTRACT
The presentation of tumor patients to tumor boards has widely developed into a medical standard. The necessary compliance to the medical standard can lead to obligatory presentation if the complexity of a case dictates that this cannot be comprehensively covered by a single treating physician. The organization of a tumor board must be so that the structure and specialist competence guarantees an adequate consultative function of the represented specialties. Tumor board members are not automatically promoted to become part of the treating team just by participation and therefore do not have a guarantor position but do have the obligation of care of a consulting physician. Tumor board decisions have a recommendation character, are not binding in the legal sense and do not relieve the treating physician from the obligation to critically scrutinize the recommendations before implementation. On the other hand the treating physician must be able to justify not following the recommendations on the basis of the medical obligation to care. The tumor board must fulfil the same requirements for documentation as any other consultative activity.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Professional Staff Committees
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Referral and Consultation
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Oncology Service, Hospital
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Clinical Competence
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Cooperative Behavior
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Interdisciplinary Communication
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
De
Journal:
Chirurg
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article