從護理相關刑事訴訟案件之分析探討護理人員的法律責任－－以最高法院判決為例

Analyses of Criminal Judgments as Related to Nursing Services in the Cases of the Supreme Court in Taiwan

本文將就台灣最高法院一般醫事糾紛判決案例中，護理人員涉案的刑事判決為例，做一初步的探討與分析。本文先以文獻論述方式介紹醫療糾紛的發生與處置。另外，鑑於國內過去相關的案例報告多以案例分析為呈現的方法，本文以回溯性資料，使用了內容分析及量性分析中的描述性統計來解析刑事判決。這個分析主要參考資料庫為『法源法律網』及『植根法律網』，此為目前國內兩家最大的線上法律資料庫，合併其所收集的刑事判決資料。本報告僅包括最高法院，自民國十六年以來迄今的判決判例，共計有70件一般醫事糾紛刑事判決，其中的七件刑事案件有護理人員涉案。這個報告僅就這七件有護理人員涉入的案件進行分析，分析結果期能提昇護理人員醫療糾紛法律訴訟的相關知識。

This paper briefly reviewed literature relating to medical disputes and investigated the criminal judgments of the Supreme Court in Taiwan in cases involving nurses and the delivery of nursing services. Past studies of criminal judgments involving medical dispute have usually been presented in the form of case studies. By contrast, this study used a retrospective data, and analyzed the judgments by content analysis and the quantitative research design method. The original written verdicts were obtained from two major online law databases. There have been a total of 70 criminal judgments related to medical disputes since 1927. Among them, 7 cases involved nurses and the delivery of nursing services. These 7 cases were analysed, and the findings will be instructive to those interested in lawsuits related to medical disputes.