试论临床误诊误治的“不可预见性”

Brief dicussion on unforeseeability of clinical misdiagnosis and mistreatment

侵权行为法的研究表明 ,对于一般的侵权损害适用过错责任原则。“应当预见”是判定过失的一个基本前提 ,是否承担法律后果的大前提在于是否应当预见。但是临床误诊误治的严峻性、已然性以及其预见标准的模糊性 ,预见部分的难以避免性 ,决定了临床误诊误治不具备法律认定的“过错”事件。因此 ,它应当承担什么样的法律责任 ,在法律适用时 。

Researches of tort law indicates that principle of liability is applicable to common torts. Foreseeability is the essential prerequisite to judge negligence. Whether or not it is foreseeable also presupposes the liability held by medical service providers. However, clinical misdiagnosis and mistreatment are pregnant with grim possibilities, equivocal standards and unforeseeability. All these determine that clinical misdiagnosis and mistreatment are not qualified for an intentional tort by law. Therefore, it has to be handled with great care that what kind of legal duty they should be held.