The Development of Extraterritorial Apologies Laws and Its Enlightenment to Medical Dispute Settlement in Our Country / 中国医学伦理学

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.