Question 57 · LEK · Patient rights
The doctor providing the patient with medical services is allowed to refuse the patient the right to have their life partner present if:
- A. patient requires professional nursing care.
- B. patient stays in the clinical hospital and their examination is of demonstrative nature in which students take part.
- C. for organizational reasons there are a number of patients being examined at the same time in a room with no private spaces.
- D. there is a probability of epidemic threats or patient’s health is in danger.
- E. they cannot guarantee the partner health security with regards to medical services provided.
Hint
The Patients' Rights Act names only two grounds for refusing a close person's presence — one of them concerns infection risk.
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