The doctor-patient relationship as seen from the legal perspective
- VernacularTitle:法律视角下的医患关系
- Author:
Ping YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Doctor patient relationship;
Law, Health
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
1996;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In the course of medical activities, doctors and patients may form various kinds of social relationships. Of these, the one adjusted by health laws and regulations is termed the legal relationship between doctors and patients. A legal relationship is one involving certain rights and duties that are clear cut and must be observed and breaches will lead to corresponding legal responsibilities. From the legal perspective both doctors and patients, while enjoying their respective rights, must fulfull their legal obligations. Medical institutions and their workers ought to update concepts, cultivate the idea of a legal relationship between doctors and patients, and handle the doctor patient relationship on the basis of a legal relationship and legal reasoning so as to meet the actual needs of society.
