{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2332","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Definition of Medical Contract","number":"2332","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2332/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE III - CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Independent Work","section":"Section 4. - Medical or Hospital Contracts","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A medical contract is a contract by which a member of the medical profession undertakes to provide a person with medical care and to do his best to maintain him in good health or cure him, in consideration of payment of a fee.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2332/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":646,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/646/?article=2332&paragraph=lead#article-2332-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}