近年来,我国医患关系日趋紧张,医患纠纷频繁发生;与此同时,我国多省市已开始探索医疗纠纷人民调解委员会这一第三方争议处理模式。但从这一制度在现实社会中的实践情况来看,由于当事人和解、行政调解、民事诉讼及仲裁等其他争议解决方式的存在,其存在必要性问题颇受质疑。从法学外的社会心理的视角来看此问题,医疗纠纷人民调解委员会制度实有其存在之必要性。 In recent years, the relationship between doctors and patients in our country has become increasingly tense and frequent disputes between doctors and patients have taken place. Meanwhile, many provinces and cities in our country have begun to explore the third-party dispute resolution model of People’s Mediation Committee for Medical Disputes. However, judging from the practice of this system in the real society, the necessity of existence is questioned due to the existence of other dispute resolution methods such as parties’ reconciliation, administrative mediation, civil litigation and arbitration. Judging from the perspective of social psychology outside of jurisprudence, the system of people’s mediation committees in medical disputes really has its own necessity.