患者权利的法律保护——以医疗知情同意权为视角

Legal Protection for Patients' Rights——From the Perspective of the Right of Medical Informed Consent

医疗知情同意以法律制度的形式详细地规定在《侵权责任法》第55条和56条中。医疗知情同意无非就是医院讲清楚其是如何治疗、怎样用药以及手术过程中存在哪些可以预知的风险,本是尊重患者知情权和选择权的制度安排。但是在司法实践中,由于医患之间缺乏信任,医疗知情同意制度被认为是医生推卸责任的"保护伞"。减少知情同意环节引发的纠纷,充分发挥医疗知情同意制度的作用,保护医患双方的权益,离不开医患双方的共同努力。

Medical informed consent （MIC） is set in article 55 and article 56 of The Tort Responsibility Act in the legal form to respect patients＇ rights of information and option. But in the judicial practice, the medical informed consent system is considered to be a doctor＇ s＂ umbrella＂ to shift responsibility because of the lack of trust between doctors and patients. It is suggested that measures should be taken to reduce disputes caused by MIC and to give a full play to the MIC system to protect the rights and interests of both doetnr~ Ano~ nnti^nt~