Question 30 · LDEK · Physician's ethical obligations
In accordance with the Code of Medical Ethics does the doctor have the duty to reveal life and health threatening facts resulting from violations of human rights?
- A. no, there are no such stipulations in the Polish Code of Medical Ethics.
- B. no, but such stipulations were introduced in the subsequent Positions issued by the Supreme Medical Chamber.
- C. no, but such an order results from rulings of the Supreme Medical Court.
- D. such an order was directly included in the Code of Medical Ethics.
- E. the Code of Medical Ethics stipulates that the doctor has only the right (but not the obligation) to reveal such information.
Hint
Consider whether the Code itself, next to the ban on taking part in torture, contains an explicit duty concerning human rights violations.
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