[Mistakes, errors and their prevention in the medical expertise about accidental injuries]

It may be stated that in the examination of the individuals who had suffered an accident, as well as in the assessment of the subsequent consequences--for whatever authority (social assurance, court of justice, State Insurance Company) the medical opinion is given--various errors may be committed, which may direct the claim for indemnity in a faulty way and may endanger also the medical competence of the expert opinion. The medical, social, legal and economical relationships of these errors have repeatedly been pointed out by the authors. Neither the patient nor the community may suffer a loss or injury merely by the reason that the medical expert's skill was defective regarding the medical expert's work. The aim of the authors' paper is to through a flash of light on these errors and mistakes and possibly to improve the work of the medical experts in these special fields.