With increasing levels of medical knowledge among ordinary people, and rising consciousness of individual rights, in Taiwan, as in Europe and North America, the doctor-patient relationship has become increasingly specialized and confrontational. There have also been increasing numbers of disputes over medical treatment, with many of them appearing before the courts.
隨著醫藥知識的日漸普及和個人權益意識的提升，近年來醫病關係在台灣也如同歐美等國，越來越專業化與尖銳化，甚至醫療糾紛層出不窮，對簿公堂大有人在。