1. Danish law does not regulate the right to information about his or health as a separate right. The right to receive information regarding one’s state of health is part of the right to informed consent.
2. The right not to know has to be respected. A patient has a right to decline information regarding his state of health.
3. A peculiarity of Danish law is that the therapeutic exception is illegal since 1998 although it is possible to refuse a patient access to his health record if this is considered to be harmful to the patient.

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