End-of-Life Legal Knowledge

How it works

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Highlighted claims

• German intensive care physicians showed a large gap between factual legal knowledge and situational legal knowledge. — Do professional experience and qualification influence knowledge about law concerning informed consent and end-of-life decisions? A quantitative online survey among German intensive care physicians
• The article concludes that situational legal knowledge gaps are legally consequential in German intensive care practice. — Do professional experience and qualification influence knowledge about law concerning informed consent and end-of-life decisions? A quantitative online survey among German intensive care physicians
• Physicians' high confidence despite errors may reduce their motivation to seek further education. — Do professional experience and qualification influence knowledge about law concerning informed consent and end-of-life decisions? A quantitative online survey among German intensive care physicians