For human trials of new drugs, whose results are difficult to predict, such laws undoubtedly present a formidable risk to the physician. If the treatment should happen to fail, the patient can sue, and the doctor faces the possibility of not only having to pay out compensation, but even spending time in prison.
對於結果難以預料的新藥人體實驗來說，無疑是相當大的風險，萬一實驗失敗，病人可以一狀告上法庭，醫生除了賠錢外還得坐牢。