WHEN DECIDING ON THE EXTENT OF HIS INVESTIGATIONS AND THE FREEDOM TO MAKE HIS OWN JUDGMENT WHEN SETTING FORTH HIS ASSESSMENT . SHE POINTS OUT THAT AFTER THE ONLY DOCTOR ON THE ESTABLISHED STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS ON RECRUITMENT WAS OUSTED FROM THE MEDICAL BRANCH , THE TASK OF CONDUCTING THEM WAS ASSIGNED TO SEVERAL VISITING DOCTORS WITH THE RESULT THAT SUCH EXAMINATIONS HAVE SINCE LOST ALL CONSISTENCY .
40 IN ADOPTING THAT LINE OF ARGUMENT THE APPLICANT IS CONFUSING THE FREEDOM OF ASSESSMENT WHICH MUST BE ACCORDED TO DOCTORS , AS REGARDS MAKING DIAGNOSES AND TAKING MEDICAL DECISIONS WHERE THEY THEMSELVES ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY TREATMENT , AND THE SPECIAL POSITION OF A DOCTOR ACTING IN A CONSULTATIVE OR SUPERVISORY CAPACITY WITHIN AN ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK .
41 THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MEDICAL BRANCHES OF THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS ARE DETERMINED UNDER THE STAFF REGULATIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEEDS CREATED EITHER BY RECRUITMENT , THE OPERATION OF THE VARIOUS SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES , OR THE EXAMINATION OF STAFF AND FACILITIES FOR HEALTH PURPOSES . THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFINE THE NATURE AND THE SCOPE OF THE VARIOUS MEDICAL TASKS ARISING IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS , SAVE ONLY THAT IT MAY NOT IMPAIR THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT AND DECISION OF THE DOCTORS WHOM IT EMPLOYS WHEN THEY ARE CARRYING OUT THE DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THEM IN THAT FRAMEWORK AS THUS DEFINED AND WHEN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN KINDS OF MEDICAL WORK OF A PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC NATURE ON THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY .
42 THOSE PRINCIPLES ALSO APPLY TO THE PRACTICE OF CONDUCTING MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF NEW STAFF . IT IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATIONS AND TO GIVE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DOCTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERTAKING THEM . WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK DOCTORS ENJOY FREEDOM OF ASSESSMENT IN REGARD TO THEIR MEDICAL FINDINGS AND ASSESSMENT OF THE FITNESS OF CANDIDATES .
43 SECONDLY , THE APPLICANT MAKES SOME CRITICISM OF THE VERY IDEA OF A ' ' MEDICO-SOCIAL UNIT ' ' AND THE NEED TO CREATE A SPECIAL ORGANIZATION FOR SUCH WORK WITHIN THE MEDICAL BRANCH . SHE CONTENDS FIRST OF ALL THAT THERE IS NO PRECISE DISTINCTION BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE , PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE INASMUCH AS THE MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF ALL THE DUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE MEDICAL BRANCH ARE CLOSELY CONNECTED SO THAT THE DEFINITION OF A SPECIALIZED ' ' MEDICO-SOCIAL UNIT ' ' CREATES AN ARTIFICIAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN TYPES OF WORK WHICH ARE REALLY INSEPARABLE . AS REGARDS THE STEPS TAKEN IN THIS REGARD BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND THE HEAD OF THE MEDICAL BRANCH FOR BRUSSELS STAFF , THE APPLICANT DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSION HAS NEVER DECIDED UPON THE CREATION OF SUCH A UNIT AND THEREFORE IT IS NOT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO SET IT UP .
44 THE APPLICANT IS NO DOUBT RIGHT WHEN SHE EMPHASIZES THAT THERE IS A CLOSE LINK BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL ,