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[Legal liability in suicide risk from the physician's viewpoint]. 1995

H Helmchen

Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik der Freien Universität Berlin.

Liability after physical harm or death due to a suicide attempt is mainly caused by an insufficient medical care. This is true when the known rules regarding recognition and assessment of a possible suicide as well as the selection and the realization of securing actions are not observed or deviation from such actions cannot be explained. However, such deviations have to be possible within the scope of the physician's latitude since the recognition and the treatment of a possible suicide are linked to the multitude of the actual and individual situations. The necessary risk-benefit assessment may be very difficult regarding the necessary securing actions as well as regarding the treatment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008318	Malpractice	Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Professional Negligence,Negligence,Negligence, Professional,Professional Negligences
D005858	Germany	A country in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. The capital is Berlin.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000092864	Suicide Prevention	Specific strategies for averting suicides. These include mental HEALTH PROMOTION and monitoring PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING and other intervention programs targeting susceptible individuals.	Suicide Awareness,Awareness, Suicide,Prevention, Suicide,Suicide Preventions
D012637	Security Measures	Regulations to assure protection of property and equipment.	National Security,Measure, Security,Measures, Security,Security Measure,Security, National
D013405	Suicide	The act of killing oneself.	Suicides
D013406	Suicide, Attempted	The unsuccessful attempt to kill oneself.	Parasuicide,Suicide Attempt,Attempt, Suicide,Attempted Suicide,Parasuicides
D016365	Liability, Legal	Accountability and responsibility to another, enforceable by civil or criminal sanctions.	Institutional Liability,Personal Liability,Professional Liability,Legal Liability,Medical Liability,Torts,Institutional Liabilities,Legal Liabilities,Liabilities, Institutional,Liabilities, Legal,Liabilities, Medical,Liabilities, Personal,Liabilities, Professional,Liability, Institutional,Liability, Medical,Liability, Personal,Liability, Professional,Medical Liabilities,Personal Liabilities,Professional Liabilities,Tort