医疗损害司法鉴定应坚持同行鉴定原则

《侵权责任法》第七章第五十四条规定了医疗损害责任的基本归责原则是过错责任原则。对于医疗机构而言，在诊疗过程中是否存在过错需要由专业鉴定机构进行判定。医疗行为的专业技术性和医疗行为发生场所的特殊性，决定了医疗损害技术鉴定机构需要体现出公平公正性和医疗行业的专业性。本文通过对涉及医疗损害司法鉴定四个案例的比较及分析，提示司法鉴定机构及司法鉴定人对临床专家在此类鉴定中的地位和作用的认知，从而使司法鉴定意见更接近事实，提高司法鉴定的公信力。

The forensic identification of medical malpractice shall insist the principle of peer review and pay more attention to the role of clinical experts

The Tort Law of the People＇s Republic of China has come into force three years ago. In the pastthree years, the Article 54, Chapter VII of this law emphasizes the principle of the total responsibility, identified bythe liability for Medical Malpractice, that is the principle of fault liability. For medical institutions, whether there isany faults or not during the process of diagnosis and treatment should be judged by the professional forensic scienceinstitutions. The professional technicality of medical practices determined that the institutions who judge the liabilityof medical malpractice should show their fairness, impartiality and professionalism in the judgment. This article tryto show that the forensic science institutions and their staffs shall be convinced of the important role of the clinicalexperts in the forensic appraisal.