Therapy freedom
Encyclopedia
Therapy freedom is the freedom of a physician
to apply whichever therapy he or she believes to be appropriate, considering all his or her medical knowledge. This often means:
However, therapy freedom is limited to cases where there does not exist any treatment which is both well-established and more efficacious.
and known as "Therapiefreiheit".
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
to apply whichever therapy he or she believes to be appropriate, considering all his or her medical knowledge. This often means:
- Such a physician has the legal right to prescribe an unlicensed drug.
- A health insurance company is obliged to pay for the treatment, regardless of whether the health insurance company thinks that the treatment is appropriate or not.
However, therapy freedom is limited to cases where there does not exist any treatment which is both well-established and more efficacious.
Germany
In particular, therapy freedom is established in GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and known as "Therapiefreiheit".