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G Igl

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PubMed2000

[Age limits from the legal perspective].

In this article age limits in law are discussed. Two things first: Legal commitments about old age are most commitments based on agreements which got manifest in legislation. Second, age limits hold for typifying certain facts of life, certain concerns of protection or other purposes. Therefore these age limits by law will be shown by the right of state (legal participation, citizenship and political participation, societal participation) and then according to various phases of life. Age limits generally exist in two phases during the life course: In the phase of childhood and youth, around the age of six to twenty-one (upbringing and education) and the phase of the transition from employment to retirement, around the age of sixty until seventy, at which age limits of monetary provisions for one's old age represent an important part. Furthermore, the legally achieved functions of age limits, like for example the limits of ability and protection, will be discussed. Finally, it will be shown, taking into account the comparison of legal aspects, if and how far age limits are of discriminate character.

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PubMed1999

[Legal aspects of quality assurance in medicine according to SGB V].

The German social security legislation has recognized only recently the concern of quality assessment in the field of social and medical services. The legal frame for quality assessment in the field of medical treatment was enacted in the sickness insurance provision (Social Code-Book V) only in 1989. Quality assessment is considered to be a part of the production of medical services and, therefore, is regulated in the context of providing medical services. The legal provisions do not establish standards for quality and quality assessment. Due to the variety of medical services, quality assessment is not regulated in an exhaustive or systematic manner. According to the law, providers of medical services (doctors, hospitals) are bound to participate in quality assessment. As internal quality assessment prevails in the definition of the various measures of quality assessment and the control of quality in all fields of medical treatment, external quality assessment is also prescribed for hospitals. Because the establishment of quality assessment is considered to be a part of the service production organization, consumers (patients) or their representatives are not involved in the definition, establishment, and control of quality assessment. The participation of patients should be provided by law.

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[The "legal rights of the elderly"--is it desirable, to institute special legal provisions for the elderly?].

Legal problems of the elderly are, besides social legislation, a rather small topic of interest in the field of law and jurisprudence in the FRG. There are some provisions in the social legislation (old age insurance; health insurance) but no special provisions in tax law for the needs of the elderly. Most of the interesting legal provisions, even if old-age matters prevail, are general, and not specific old-age-related provisions. But we can see that in the legal practice, especially in the courts, interests of the elderly are sometimes taken in consideration, for example ventue law and in penal law at the prosecution level. One may raise the question whether a new field of "Laws for the Elderly" should be created. Such a specialty could comprise all the legal provisions that concern the elderly, particularly as regards their special age-related needs and problems. A law containing special measures prohibiting old-age-discrimination would be problematic in regards to equal treatment of other population groups, because equal treatment is a general constitutional rule. It seems to be on the right track to include old-age needs and problems in general legal provisions that also cover the population groups which are in similar positions. This is not to say that special provisions for the elderly should not be arranged if only those persons are concerned.

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