Niektóre aktualne prawne i kliniczno-naukowe aspekty farmakoterapii w pediatrii i onkologii dziecięcej

Every physician's duty is management consistent with the actual medical knowledge. Legal aspects of therapy in Poland are defined by the Act on Physician and Dentist Professions and Pharmaceutical Law. This latter one introduces a term “therapeutic product characteristics” that is equivalent to its registration. The problem of the choice of the drugs, especially for pediatric therapies, is difficult, because many of the drugs were not an object of research in children. A special legal importance is particularly observed in the off-label use of drugs in children, especially in neonatology and pediatric oncology. The physician must optimally treat his patient not only according to the actual medical knowledge, but also to the appropriate thoroughness. The above mentioned topics and the problem of standards and algorithms in medical management and responsibility for medical errors are discussed in this work.