Abstract

KVITKO, Luis Alberto. La responsabilidad médica en cirugía estética. ¿Obligación de medios o de resultados? Antecedentes. Jurisprudencia Argentina y Española.: Cambio radical en la doctrina y criterio jurisprudencial Español. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2011, vol.28, n.1, pp.7-24. ISSN 2215-5287.

This article addresses the topical issue within the medical liability: the obligation of means and results. While the result is prevalent in any physician-patient relationship, there are specialties like plastic surgery, radiology, radiotherapy, pathology and anesthesia, in which this obligation of result has been a part of many of its procedures. Based on these assumptions, it is review explored actions of Argentina and Spain jurisprudence; and it shows how they have evolved to analyses each case individually in order to deliver the verdict and a likely compensation.

Keywords : Malpractice; medical liability; media liability; obligation of result; forensic expertise; cosmetic surgery.

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