英德比较视角下医疗过失的认定研究

Study on Identification of Medical Negligence in the United Kingdom and Germany

英国、德国作为医疗服务水平较高的国家,就患者接受医疗服务遭受意外损害,构建了一系列的法律救济机制,但在实践中由于两国的法律体系、司法传统、医疗背景的不同,导致对患者具体救济的路径、机会和程度存在差异。在医疗过失认定中,英国倾向于赋予医务人员更大的认定权限,给予医学标准较高的地位;德国则推行较为严格的救济进路,对医学标准持谨慎态度,并确立法院在医疗过失认定中的决定地位。

The United Kingdom and Germany,as countries with a high level of medical services,have constructed a series of legal remedies when patients receive unforeseen medical services.However,due to the different legal systems,traditions of judicial practice,medical background and other factors,patients in the two countries have different approaches,opportunities and degrees of relief.The United Kingdom tends to give doctors greater authority and give a higher status to medical standards in the recognition of medical negligence,while Germany adopts a relatively strict approach,treats the medical standards cautiously and establishes the court’s decisive position in the identification.