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BIOETYKA / WPROWADZENIE - Przeglądy aktów prawnych
Prawo do informacji

Prawa o zasięgu światowym

Deklaracja Lizbońska o Prawach Pacjenta – Światowe Stowarzyszenie Lekarzy (WMA) 1981


  1. Right to information

    1. The patient has the right to receive information about himself/herself recorded in any of his/her medical records, and to be fully informed about his/her health status including the medical facts about his/her condition. However, confidential information in the patient's records about a third party should not be given to the patient without the consent of that third party.

    2. Exceptionally, information may be withheld from the patient when there is good reason to believe that this information would create a serious hazard to his/her life or health.

    3. Information should be given in a way appropriate to the patient's culture and in such a way that the patient can understand.

    4. The patient has the right not to be informed on his/her explicit request, unless required for the protection of another person's life.

    5. The patient has the right to choose who, if anyone, should be informed on his/her behalf.