Question 29 · LEK · Physician's ethical obligations
Is it a doctor’s duty to turn the attention of society, authorities and patients to the importance of health care?
- A. yes, it is conferred from the Code of Medical Ethics.
- B. yes, it is conferred from the Act on Professions of Physician and Dentist.
- C. yes, it is conferred from the Act on Patients’ Rights and the Ombudsman for Patients’ Rights.
- D. yes, it is conferred from the Act on Health Care Services financed from public resources.
- E. no, it is not a doctor’s duty.
Hint
This is a social, public-health duty phrased in deontological rather than statutory terms.
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