Question 86 · LEK · Medical confidentiality
In the Polish law medical secrecy covers:
- A. all information that the doctor has on patients and their families.
- B. all information associated with patients which the doctor obtained while performing medical profession.
- C. only information on patients’ health and their treatment which the doctor obtained while performing medical profession.
- D. only information associated with patients which the doctor obtained from them or on the basis of conducted medical examinations.
- E. only information included in medical records.
Hint
Art. 40 of the Physician Act defines secrecy by its link to professional practice, not by the type of information or its source.
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