Question 84 · LDEK · Consent and treatment without consent
According to the Act of 5 December 1996 on the profession of doctors and dentists applying the so-called “extended operative field”:
1) can happen without patient’s consent but only after obtaining statutory representative’s or actual carer’s consent;
2) can happen without patient’s consent but only after obtaining the probate court’s consent;
3) can happen in the case of the surgery without which loss of life, grievous bodily harm or severe health disorder could follow;
4) can happen in the case of the surgery, therapeutic or diagnostic method without which loss of life, grievous bodily harm or severe health disorder could follow;
5) imposes an obligation on the doctor to inform the patient, or their statutory representative, actual carer or the probate court about the medical activities undertaken.
The correct answer is:
2) can happen without patient’s consent but only after obtaining the probate court’s consent;
3) can happen in the case of the surgery without which loss of life, grievous bodily harm or severe health disorder could follow;
4) can happen in the case of the surgery, therapeutic or diagnostic method without which loss of life, grievous bodily harm or severe health disorder could follow;
5) imposes an obligation on the doctor to inform the patient, or their statutory representative, actual carer or the probate court about the medical activities undertaken.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 1,4.
- C. 2,3.
- D. 2,4.
- E. 4,5.
Hint
Recall art. 35 of the Act: what triggers extension of the operative field, whose consent is needed, and what must be done afterwards.
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