The Development of Extraterritorial Apologies Laws and Its Enlightenment to Medical Dispute Settlement in Our Country
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2018.01.03
- VernacularTitle:域外道歉法的发展及对我国医疗纠纷解决的启示
- Author:
Ying YAN
1
;
Yuying LIU
Author Information
1. 山西大学政治与公共管理学院
- Keywords:
Apologies Laws;
Medical Disputes;
High - Context Culture;
Full Apology;
Partial Apology
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2018;31(1):10-14
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
At present, 35 states and the District of Columbia have established apologies laws in America; in Australia, six states and two territories have enacted apologies law. Although various countries in the word still face many problems in the process of formulating apologies laws, its promotion in the settlement of medical disputes is very rapid. The paper point out three unique roles of apologies laws in medical dispute settlement, enlightening our country to take apology law of absolute immunity, sincerely face medical negligence and dig out the institutional roots by the disclosure of the truth of the accident, in order to avoid the recurrence of similar incidents, and finally achieve the purpose of improving the quality of hospital medical safety.
