Question 37 · LEK · Consent and treatment without consent
Do deontological rules allow the doctor to initiate diagnostic and therapeutic treatment without patient consent?
- A. there is no such possibility according to the Code of Medical Ethics.
- B. such activities are regulated by detailed laws.
- C. such activities are regulated only by the Law on the profession of doctors and dentists.
- D. code of Medical Ethics allows for such a possibility exceptionally when the health or life of the patient or other people is at stake.
- E. doctor always has the duty to obtain patient’s or their legal guardian’s consent.
Hint
Look for the Code's exception to the consent requirement and the circumstances in which it may apply.
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