Therapy_freedom
Therapy freedom is the freedom of physicians to apply whichever therapy their medical knowledge makes them believe to be appropriate.[1] That often means:
- Physician have the legal right to prescribe an unlicensed drug.[citation needed]
- A health insurance company is obliged to pay for the treatment, regardless of whether or not it considers the treatment to be appropriate.[2]
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Therapy freedom, however, is limited to cases of no treatment existing that is both well-established and more efficacious.
Therapy freedom is established in Germany, where it is known as Therapiefreiheit.