Hall R E
Am J Law Med. 1975 Fall;1(2):245-82.
This Article examines the legal status of hospital committee proceedings and reports, focusing on how they may be used in a medicolegal context. Specific topics dealt with include the hospital medical staff in legal perspective, the concept of institutional responsibility, liability considerations arising from committee work, and the discovery and admissiblity of committee records in litigation cases. The author concludes that the danger of committee members facing liability for their activities is slight and that the fear that these reports and proceedings may be subject to discovery or be admissible into evidence in subsequent litigation is remote because candid and conscientious evaluations of clinical practices within every institution are essential and, therefore, public policy must encourage such evaluations by maintaining the confidentiality of committee activities.
本文探讨医院委员会程序及报告的法律地位，重点关注它们在法医学背景下的使用方式。所涉及的具体主题包括从法律角度看医院医务人员、机构责任的概念、委员会工作引发的责任考量，以及诉讼案件中委员会记录的发现及可采性。作者得出结论，委员会成员因其活动面临责任的风险很小，且担心这些报告和程序可能在后续诉讼中被发现或被采纳为证据的可能性也不大，因为对每个机构内临床实践进行坦诚和尽责的评估至关重要，因此公共政策必须通过对委员会活动保密来鼓励此类评估。
