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KMID : 1234820140150020317
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Korean Society of Law and Medicine
2014 Volume.15 No. 2 p.317 ~ p.343
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Liability for Damage due to Doctors’ Unfaithful Medical Practice
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Jeon Byong-Nam
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Abstract
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In order to account for whether a doctor should indemnify damages resulted from violation of duty of care, the fact that a doctor violated duty of care, that damages were incurred, and the link between violation of duty of care and damages incurred, respectively, should be verified. So even though a doctor violated duty of care to patients, he or she will not bear the responsibility to indemnify damages unless it is not verified. If a doctor’s negligence in medical practices is assessed that obviously unfaithful medical practice far exceeds the limit of admission of a patient, it will not go against people’s general perception of justice or law and order to constitute a medical malpractice itself as an illegal action that will require liabiliy for damage. However, when the limit of admission is set too low, a patient’s benefit and expectation of proper medical treatment can be violated. In contrast, if the limit of admission is set high, it can leave too little room for doctors’ discretion for treatments due to a bigger risk of indemnification for damages. Thus, a reasonable balance that can satisfy both benefit and expectation of patients and doctors’ right to treatment is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Medical practice, Unfaithful medical practice, Obviously unfaithful medical epractice, Benefit and expectation of proper medical treatment, Faithful medical responsibility, Violation of duty of care, The limit of admission
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