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 Patient Rights in Italy

Right to Informed Consent

    Information preceding     consent
     Minors
    Incapacitated Adults
Right to Information about his or her Health
Rights regarding the Medical File
Right to Privacy
Right to Complain and to Compensation
 
Rights of Users of Genetic Services
 

 



    • If the patient is a minor, the Code of Medical Ethics stipulates that the consent to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, and the treatment of sensitive data, should be expressed by the legal representative (article 33).
    • The physician is obliged to inform minors and to take into account their will, considering their age and capability of comprehension, with respect to the rights of the legal representative (article 34).

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