Bodily harm assessment
Bodily harm assessment concerns the medical component of the consequences of an injury. The analysis is based on documentation, clinical progress and matters that can be supported objectively.
01 / Considerations
02 / Boundaries
A medico-legal assessment describes and considers medical consequences that can be objectively supported. Liability, legal interpretation and the award of compensation are matters for the competent persons and institutions.
The medical assessment may therefore form one component of a broader process, without anticipating its outcome.
03 / Documents and stages
The purpose of the enquiry and the relevant medical context are stated.
Initial records, investigations, treatments and subsequent progress are reviewed.
Only matters supported by sufficient medical evidence are assessed.
Any aspect that cannot be established from the available material is stated explicitly.
04 / Confidentiality
A brief description of the enquiry is sufficient for the first message. Medical documents and identification data should be sent only after the appropriate method and the documents actually required have been confirmed.