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National Patient Rights Legislation| LUXEMBOURG
| GENERAL OVERVIEW | BIOMEDICINE CONVENTION | EU MEMBER STATES | TYPES OF PATIENT RIGHTS LEGISLATION |
| Signed, not Ratified |
| Patient Rights in Luxembourg |
| 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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Luxembourg does not have a specific patient rights Act. The Act on hospital establishments of 28 August 1998, contains in Chapter 10 a catalogue of important patient rights of which some are only applicable to the patients who are admitted in a hospital, while other rights are applicable to every patient. A new Code of medical ethics has been adopted and approved by Ministerial Decree of 7 July 2005. This Code of medical ethics contains a specific chapter IV about the relations between the doctor and the patient. This code is legally binding.
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