摘要
在医疗侵权诉讼中,《侵权责任法》确定对医疗机构适用过错归责原则,患者对医疗机构过错承担举证责任。而医学之专业性导致患者"先天性"的举证困难。为了平衡医患双方当事人的举证能力,唯有通过影响法官心证的诉讼证明手段,才能辅助在举证能力上处于弱势的患者。表见证明规则能够通过增强法官事实认定的心证,促使医患双方在医疗侵权诉讼下地位达到平等。
In medical tort lawsuits, the Tort Liability Law adopts a principle of ＂no liability without fault＂ on medical institutions, which puts the burden of proof on the shoulder of patients to show medical institution＇s fault. However, patients would encounter inherent difficulties in fulfilling such burden of producing evidence due to their lack of medical expertise. In order to balance the proof capacity between doctor and patient, patient＇s disadvantaged proof capacity would be backed up only through proof methods that would affect trial judge＇s discretion. Rules of prima facie proof could enhance trial judges＇ discretion in factfi ndings, thus the imbalanced doctor-patient status in medical tort litigations would be cured to a large extent.
出处
《证据科学》
CSSCI
2014年第3期378-385,共8页
Evidence Science
关键词
医疗侵权
举证责任
表见证明
程序公正
Medical tort
Burden of producing evidence
Prima facie proof
Procedural justice
