Reflections on the Types of Legal Relationship Between Doctors and Patients / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

In view of the origin of doctor-patient relations,the rights and obligations of the parties,and their corresponding legal responsibilities,doctor-patient relations may be divided into three categories,namely,medical contract relationship,undefined medical management relationship,and forced medical relationship.Of these three,the first two are civil relationships while the last an administrative one.This paper deals in depth with the legal nature and character of three types of doctor-patient relations,based on principles of civil and administrative laws.