论医疗机构在“错误出生”中的法律责任

提供医疗服务的医务人员或者医疗机构由于过失没有检查出胎儿有严重的疾病,致使父母误以为胎儿健康而未堕胎生下残疾儿,父母因此可以享有医疗损害赔偿权.赔偿范围应当包括原告母亲及先天缺陷儿的医疗费用,对缺陷儿的人力照顾费用及特殊教育费用.但由于产前诊断存在一些难以避免的误差,某些特殊情况下,不能在错误出生之诉中要求医疗机构承担违约或侵权责任.

On Legal Responsibility of Medical Institutions in Wrongful Birth

Due to the failure to check out the fetus with the serious disease by the medical workers or medical institutions,which makes the mother bear the disabled child,parents are entitled to claim damages.The scope of compensation includes the medical cost of the mother and the disabled child,cost on looking after the disabled child and educational fees for the special education.Because of the unavoidable errors of the prenatal diagnosis,parents cannot file a claim for damages by contract or by tort in the wrongf...