General National Patient Rights Protection

The primary legal sources of patient rights at national level in Spain are the General Law on Public Health of 1986 and the Basic Law 41/2002 on the Autonomy of the Patient and the Rights and Obligations with regard to Information and Clinical Documentation. This Patient Rights Law entered into force on 16 May 2003. According to the first article of this Patient Rights Law the purpose of this law is to regulate the autonomy of the patient and the rights and obligations with regard to information and clinical documentation of patient, users, professionals as well as public and private health centers and services.

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