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[Essential aspects of ophthalmological expert assessment in private accident insurance]
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, KdöR, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Str., 17475, Greifswald, Deutschland, Tost@uni-greifswald.de.
Abstract:
Commissions for an expert assessment place basically high demands on commissioned eye specialists because this activity differs from the normal routine field of work. In addition to assessing objective symptoms and subjective symptomatics in a special analytical manner, eye specialists are expected to have knowledge of basic legal terminology, such as proximate cause, evidence and evidential value. Only under these prerequisites can an ophthalmologist fulfill the function of an expert with a high level of quality and adequately adjust the special medical ophthalmological expertise to the requirements of the predominantly legally based clients commissioning the report and oriented to the appropriate valid legal norms. Particularly common difficulties associated with making an ophthalmological expert report for private accident insurance, e.g. determination of the reduction in functional quality, consideration of partial causality and assessment of diplopia are discussed.
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