Question 2 · LDEK · Patient death and autopsy
Does every doctor have the right to issue the patient death certificate?
- A. no, such a right is reserved only for medical doctors; dentists do not have it.
- B. no, the members of the Military Medical Chamber do not have such a right.
- C. yes, in Poland such a right is reserved for all doctors, including dentists.
- D. yes, such a right is reserved for all doctors and feldshers.
- E. yes, such a right is reserved for all doctors and managers of medical emergency teams.
Hint
Under the Act on the Professions of Physician and Dentist the word 'physician' also covers the dentist unless the Act states otherwise.
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