Die Rolle der Intuition bei ärztlichen Sorgfaltspflichtverletzungen.

In a retrospective analysis of 502 surgical malpractice claims, the contribution of intuition was assessed. It was found that intuition, as a logical and directed intellectual approach, had an overall positive effect; this was not the case with an attitude of autistic intuition. However, judgement based on the physicians intuition alone did never result it negligence or misconduct.