This is a unique first edition – publication in Greece, aimed at the physician & lawyer who defends their rights, consisting of two volumes, complemented by a practical thematic table of the included decisions (by outcome, specialty, court), as well as a useful alphabetical index – keywords, which facilitates the reader's study.

A few words about the book review. Specifically, the included decisions provide answers, among others, to the following questions: What actions or omissions of doctors can establish criminal liability for manslaughter due to negligence? How is the physician liable during a surgical procedure as well as during the postoperative stage? What legal consequences arise from an incorrect medical diagnosis or inappropriate treatment? How are complications of childbirth and subsequent injuries to the newborn legally addressed? What is the measure of responsibility of the on-call physician? What is the role of the physician's insurance company during the trial? Is there liability for the administrators of a hospital? What is the relationship between the medical institution and treating physician? Death during a medical examination – under what conditions is the physician liable? What happens in the case of incorrect handling of medical equipment? Can there be liability for the physician from the refusal to provide a medical certificate? How is the physician liable for mistakes made during blood transfusion? A Guide to Preventing Medical Accidents. What should the Physician do to avoid a mistake and not require legal coverage – civil liability. Protection for Physicians due to error. Cases of acquitting the Physician.

Additionally included: The basic medical legislation, New Code of Medical Ethics, Donation and transplantation of organs and other provisions, Application of Medically Assisted Reproduction, Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine with the latest amendments and the main texts issued on it, which serves as an important working aid for the physician.

More detailed information concerning the Lawyer: In the 1st volume, it includes: All decisions of Greek & European courts issued since 1930 that acquit Physicians from charges of medical errors. There is an integrated table of acquitting decisions by physician specialty and by case of medical error that has occurred to date. It is the most important tool upon which a Lawyer can rely to prove the doctor’s rights in a case of medical error, as it includes all existing cases where the physician is acquitted in the event of error at both the Greek and European levels with direct search by specialty and case.

In the 2nd volume (incorporated on a CD-ROM for immediate retrieval – printing of decisions) it includes: All decisions of Greek & European courts issued since 1930 that uphold charges against Physicians for medical liability either due to negligence or for other reasons. It includes all decisions made to date by criminal/civil/administrative courts that vindicate the patient after a medical error and condemn the physician, at both Greek and European levels. More specifically, it includes: Cases of acquittal/conviction of the Physician, Medical opinions and medical liability, Protection of the Physician/patient due to error, Decisions of criminal, civil & administrative courts, Decisions of exemption/establishment of medical liability by Greek and European Courts, Handling of Medical errors by the European Court of Human Rights, Useful legislation and legislatively authorized texts issued, Medical liability and public/private hospitals, Code of Medical Ethics, Relevant legislation – examples, Manslaughter due to negligence, Bodily harm due to negligence, Protection of Medical liability and consumer protection law, Issues of monetary satisfaction, Civil liability of the State (105 and 106 of the Introductory Law of the Civil Code), Medical liability and human rights, Medical liability and ECHR.