Patient information and consent to new treatment methods
by Emmanuel Laskaridis, LL.M. (Heidelberg), Dr. iur. (Heidelberg), Teaching Assistant at the Law School of Athens University, Barrister at Law in Athens, Member of the Greek National Authority for Human Assisted Fertilisation A. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL SCIENCE Medicine and law have been differentiated since thousands of years and are now methodologically categorized in different scientific domains. Medicine appertains to the exact and natural sciences whereas law is a theoretical science. However, these two bear many similarities.…