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China to encourage 3rd-party mediation in doctor-patient disputes  

刘延东孟建柱就构建和谐医患关系提出工作要求

刘延东强调,维护正常医疗秩序,是建设平安中国、健康中国的重要内容。实践证明,人民调解在妥善化解医疗纠纷方面发挥了重要作用,已成为医疗纠纷第三方调解的主要模式。[查看全文]
2014-05-06 09:06 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
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A senior official Monday said that the Chinese government will encourage third-party mediation in doctor-patient disputes.

Community workers and social workers can play a better role in mediating between patients and hospitals, said Vice Premier Liu Yandong at a meeting on doctor-patient disputes.

There have been many attempts to bring in an independent third party to help settle medical disputes and successful examples will be introduced nationwide, Liu said.

Tension between doctors and patients have risen in recent years as a string of assaults on medical workers by patients or their families shocked the country.

A survey released by DXY.COM, an online community for medical staff, last month showed that 86.7 percent of its participants, which include 3,360 doctors, pharmacists and nurses, have encountered disputes in the past 12 months.

Meng Jianzhu, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, told the meeting that law enforcement agencies will step up efforts against violence against medical workers and help improve public awareness of legal channels to settle medical disputes.

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