Legal causes for tense doctor-patient relationship and countermeasures / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

A questionnaire study on doctor-patient relationship was made to the public servants,people at large,medical staff and patients in Beijing in 2007.It found the relationship to be harmonic in general,given tense to some extent,and the main legal causes for tense relationship were incomplete medical legislation,poor awareness of medical subjects in medical service provision and seeking according to law,and incomplete legal systems to handle medical disputes.In this consideration,the paper proposed to enhance healthcare legislation in an effort tobuild a better medical and healthcare legal system;upgrade the capabilities of both doctors and patients in medicine practice and service seeking according to law;build a diversified medical dispute resolution mechanism and legal measures of patient rights assurance.