O aumento do número de ações judiciais no âmbito da relação médico-paciente pela violação do dever de informação

Abstract

The present work search to analyze the doctor-patient relationship and identify the possible causes that favor, nowadays, the increase in the number of a lawsuits between the subjects this relationship, notably for the infringement of the duty of to inform. Initially, it identifies the possible factors responsible for the transformation of the relationship between the patient and the medical professional and how the duty to provide information became an autonomous obligation. It is determined the concept of the duty to inform and how the doctor disregards this obligation, which is the reason the parties seek the judicial to solve the litigations arising from this bond.