侵害患者知情同意权之损害赔偿研究

Studying on the Compensation of Damage on Patients’Rights to Informed Consent

患者的知情同意权是一种程序性权利,既有保障患者人身不受损害的工具性,也有其作为一种独立权利的价值。侵害患者知情同意权案件不必然造成患者的人身损害,在没有人身损害时不能忽视患者知情同意权受到的损害。知情同意权是该类案件的首要的直接损害,人身损害是该类案件的第二位的间接损害。即使没有造成人身损害的案件,医方也应对患者知情同意权的损害承担民事责任,赔偿损失或赔礼道歉可以作为承担责任的方式。

Patients’rights to informed consent is a procedural right,which has not only instrumental value to protect personal rights but also it’s own independent value.Cases of infringing patients’rights to informed consent do not necessarily cause personal damages to patients.The damages to patients’rights to informed consent can not be ignored when there is no personal injury.The primary and direct damages are to patients’rights to informed consent,while the second and indirect damages are personal damages.Even there has caused no personal injury,hospitals should undertake civil liability by means of compensation or apology if the patient’s rights to informed consent is violated.