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. 2023 Feb;47(1):490-497.
doi: 10.1007/s00266-022-02990-9. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Thinking like a Lawyer-Human Rights and Their Association with the Plastic Surgeon of Today

Leonard Knoedler  1 , Berkin Oezdemir  2 , Philipp Moog  3 , Lukas Prantl  1 , P Niclas Broer  4 , Christoph Knoedler  5 , Ulrich M Rieger  6 , Markus Perl  7 , Sarah von Isenburg  8 , Ulrich M Gassner  9 , Doha Obed  10   11 , Valentin Haug  12   11 , Adriana C Panayi  11 , Samuel Knoedler  13   14
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Thinking like a Lawyer-Human Rights and Their Association with the Plastic Surgeon of Today

Leonard Knoedler et al. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

Plastic surgeons are trained to perform a wide repertoire of surgeries-ranging from standard local procedures to highly specialized operations. Therefore, plastic surgeons treat a plethora of clinical presentations and address multiple patient needs. Their daily workflow is increasingly entwined with legal topics. The concrete legal interpretation falls within the remit of legal experts. However, by understanding the legal basics of selected surgical procedures, plastic surgeons may generate synergies in patient care and clinical practice. The legal situation is to be elucidated based on the German Basic Law (GBL) and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V: "This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 ."

Keywords: European Convention on Human Rights; European Law; German Basic Law; Human Rights; Plastic Surgery; Reconstructive Surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to disclose. This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

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The pillars of plastic surgery and their organizational embedding into the jurisprudence. The overlapping legal principles between the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the German Basic Law (GBL) build the fundament for the four characteristic pillars of plastic surgery. The medico-legal synergy allows plastic surgeons to combine surgical skills and ethical as well as juristic aspects in addressing current debates and upcoming challenges in plastic surgery
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