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X-ray diagnostic without medical indication and bodily harm: decision of the Supreme Court of Germany 3/12/97 – 2 StR 397/97

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An orthopedic surgeon had been condemned for different offences to 2 years and 6 months imprisonment by the superior court in Frankfurt/Main. One point of the ruling had been the use of X-rays without medical indication, which the superior court of Frankfurt/Main finally did not assess as bodily harm. The supreme court of Germany overruled this interpretation and referred the case back for a new trial and ruling.

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  1. University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, , , , , , DE

    M. Vogel

  2. X-Ray Department, General Hospital St. Georg, Academic Hospital of the University of Hamburg, D-22419 Hamburg, Germany, , , , , , DE

    H. Vogel

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Received: 27 January 1998; Accepted: 25 March 1998

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Vogel, M., Vogel, H. X-ray diagnostic without medical indication and bodily harm: decision of the Supreme Court of Germany 3/12/97 – 2 StR 397/97. Eur Radiol 9, 749–750 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050748

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