Lawyer Medical Law Antwerp
As a medical law attorney, Peterfreund & Associates is at your service. We are at your service in any situation. Not only do we assist you in court, we are also happy to provide advice.
What is medical law?
Medical law occupies an increasingly important place in our society. On the one hand, medical interventions are becoming more and more efficient, which means that they are being used more often. On the other hand, unlike in the past, nowadays almost everyone has access to medical care in which more and more medicines are administered.
Therefore, a medical law attorney is a must in medical malpractice discussions.
Both when performing treatments or taking medications, things can go wrong:
– Medical malpractice occurs when an error occurs due to medical treatment or as an unwanted and avoidable side effect of medical treatment.
– In the relationship between patient and doctor or patient and hospital, medical malpractice occurs when the doctor or hospital is liable for errors in treatment that caused a patient to suffer harm.
A doctor’s or hospital’s liability can be either contractual in nature or non-contractual.
– Contractual liability exists when a contract is established between doctor and patient or hospital and patient. Even if this is not the case, the doctor or hospital can be held liable on the basis of extra-contractual liability.
Now that proving medical malpractice in court proceedings is often a long and difficult process, the legislature created the Medical Accident Fund.
The Medical Accident Fund can pay compensation for damages resulting from health care caused by an accident without anyone being liable.
The fund can pay compensation even if there is no malpractice on the part of the doctor or hospital.
Proceedings before the fund are also conducted outside of court and are free of charge.
As medical law attorneys, we are happy to advise and assist you both in court and in the medical accident fund.
However, we are also happy to assist you as a lawyer in other cases. Namely, this may involve the following cases:
- When disputing the fees of a physician or other medical provider;
- Difficulty accessing patient records;
- Disagreement over which treatment should be given;
- …
Intervention of legal expenses insurance:
Of particular importance for the patient is that in case of medical error, there is often intervention of the so-called family insurance for the costs associated with legal proceedings (legal aid). In this case, the costs of the lawyer medical law are borne in full by the insurance company.
If you have questions about medical law, please do not hesitate to contact us about it.
You are guaranteed an answer within 24 hours! Or visit our law office in Antwerp.