TY - BOOK ID - 96242762 TI - The development of medical liability in Germany, 1800-1945 PY - 2019 VL - 314 SN - 16106040 SN - 9783465043676 3465043677 PB - Frankfurt am Main : Vittorio Klostermann, DB - UniCat KW - Physicians KW - Liability (Law) KW - Medical care KW - Malpractice KW - Liability, Legal KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - Law and legislation KW - history KW - legislation & jurisprudence KW - Germany KW - History KW - Physicians - Malpractice - Germany KW - Liability (Law) - Germany KW - Medical care - Law and legislation - Germany KW - Malpractice - history KW - Liability, Legal - history KW - Delivery of Health Care - legislation & jurisprudence KW - Germany - History - 1789-1900 KW - Germany - History - 20th century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:96242762 AB - This volume examines the development of medical liability in Germany during its intense formative period from 1800-1945. It focuses on how the fault requirement in civil law was conceptualised and applied to liability for errors in the diagnosis and treatment of a patient. By focusing on the development of the law, and how it related and responded to changes in the nature of medicine, medical practitioners and healthcare over this period, it uncovers a rich interaction between the legal and medical narratives concerning fault. It offers an account of legal development where the law and lawyers were deeply embedded in, and influenced by, the broader social context, identifying a gradual shift towards asserting the independence of courts from accepted medical narrative in the light of technological advances. ER -