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| Patient Rights in Latvia |
| Right to Information about his or her Health |
| Rights regarding the Medical File |
| Right to Privacy |
| Right to Complain and to Compensation |
The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine |
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General National Patient Rights Protection |
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Although Latvia has signed the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine on 4 April 1997, its patient rights legislation is not well elaborated. The Latvian Constitution declares in article 111 that the State shall protect human health and guarantee a basic level of medical assistance for everyone. Notwithstanding this article, Latvian parliament seems not to be very active in this field. It has passed some laws, such as the Law on Medical Care, and the Law on Pharmaceuticals, but many health-related fields such as patient rights have not yet been covered by laws. The only regulations concerning patient rights can be found in a short chapter of the Medical Treatment Law.
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