Question 93 · LEK · Informing about health status
A doctor is not authorized to provide information about a health condition of an unconscious female patient (aged 54):
- A. to a granddaughter of the patient.
- B. to a daughter-in-law of the patient.
- C. to the husband of the patient.
- D. to a cousin of the patient.
- E. to a domestic partner of the patient.
Hint
Check the statutory definition of a 'close person': spouse, relatives and in-laws up to the second degree, cohabiting partner.
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