Question 72 · LEK · Informing about health status
The right of the patient to be informed includes:
- A. giving them only the information on their health.
- B. giving them the easily understandable information on their health, diagnosis, suggested and possible diagnostics, treatment and its possible results coming from either applying or abandoning it, prognosis.
- C. giving them the easily understandable information on their health, diagnosis, suggested and possible diagnostics, treatment and all results coming from either applying or abandoning it, prognosis.
- D. giving the information to a person close to the patient even against the patient’s will.
- E. giving the patient only the general information about the surgery.
Hint
Compare B and C carefully — the statute limits the information about consequences to a particular kind of consequences.
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