Question 70 · LEK · Informing about health status
Evaluate the truth of the following sentence: “In the case of an unconscious patient the doctor is allowed to provide, for the good of the patient, necessary information to the person who in the doctor’s opinion acts in the patient’s interest.”
- A. sentence is true; it is part of the Medical Ethics Code.
- B. sentence is not true.
- C. sentence is true; it is part of the Act on Patients’ Rights and the Ombudsman for Patients’ Rights.
- D. sentence is true; it is part of the Law on the profession of doctors and dentists.
- E. sentence is false; in such a case the doctor is allowed to provide the information to the patient’s legal guardian only.
Hint
The sentence comes from a document of professional ethics rather than a statute — which one speaks of a person acting in the patient's interest?
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