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Aufklärung

English translation: Explanation

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German term or phrase:Aufklärung
English translation:Explanation
Entered by: Steven Blanchard

13:04 Mar 24, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Work instructions to nursing staff
German term or phrase: Aufklärung
This is from a Flussdiagramm on Koordination der Mitarbeitergruppen in a hospital:

Während der wöchentlichen Visiste:
- Erstuntersuchung
- Weiterführende Diagnostik
- Aufklärung

Aufklärung: explanation to the patient aobut the diagnosis or clarification/resolution of the diagnosis?
KenOldfield
Explanation
Explanation:
I think explanation is okay
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Steven Blanchard
Local time: 17:11
Grading comment
Many thanks for your answer. I apologise for the delay in reply.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1information
Christine Lam
4informed consent (meeting)
Conor Murphy
3Explanation
Steven Blanchard
3disclosure
Kim Metzger


Discussion entries: 1





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Explanation


Explanation:
I think explanation is okay

Steven Blanchard
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Many thanks for your answer. I apologise for the delay in reply.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X): I'd go with this too
1 hr
  -> Thanks David.
disagree  Conor Murphy: Too vague for a defined step in the treatment process
5823 days
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
disclosure


Explanation:
Aufklärungs|pflicht
die ethische u. rechtliche Verpflichtung des Arztes zur Aufklärung des Patienten über diagnostische u. therapeutische Maßnahmen u. deren Risiko.
1)
Aufklärung über die Art der ärztlichen Einwirkung („Eingriffsaufklärung“)... (mehr)
2)
Pflicht zur Aufklärung über die Diagnose... (mehr)
Pflicht zur Aufklärung über die Diagnose. Sie besteht bei ausdrücklichem Wunsch des Patienten oder wenn – für den Arzt ersichtlich – die Unkenntnis der Diagnose den Patienten in seiner weiteren persönlichen Entwicklung erheblich behindern würde.

http://www.gesundheit.de/roche/

And the physician's duty to inform a patient of the diagnosis was said to be one of the duties under a medical care contract based on the patient's right of self-determination.

http://www2.unescobkk.org/eubios/EJ121/ej121g.htm


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Note added at 11 mins (2006-03-24 13:15:27 GMT)
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II. The Physician's Duty of Disclosure
Canadian law places onerous disclosure obligations on physicians. Indeed, since the seminal Supreme Court of Canada case of Reibl v. Hughes4, the jurisprudence relevant to the consent process has expanded greatly. More than ever before, physicians are legally and ethically obligated to disclose a broad range of information to patients about the nature and effect of proposed treatment. How does this well established law of informed consent apply to the provision of CAM treatments?
http://www.phen.ab.ca/materials/het/het11-03b.html


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 252

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steven Blanchard: Not in this context.
2 mins
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
information


Explanation:
is another option, also supported by Hexal medical dictionary

Christine Lam
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MMUlr: patient information, leading - after signature - to patient informed consent - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/guidance/f/app3.htm
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5823 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
informed consent (meeting)


Explanation:
Aufklärung is frequently used as shorthand for "Aufklärung und Einwilligung". There are defined processes (as indicated in the aforementioned flow diagram) that must take place. Following the initial and follow-up diagnosis, the patient must be informed of the diagnosis and give their consent to the therapy proposed in response to it. This is known as "informed consent" and is defined in law in Germany.

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Note added at 5823 days (2022-03-04 08:34:10 GMT) Post-grading
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The accepted translation "explanation" is in any case too vague to be useful in this context.

Conor Murphy
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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