1. The Act on hospital establishments mentions the right to information on the health of the patient, but only in relation to the information preceding the consent. Also the Code of medical ethics does not mention the right to information on the health condition as a specific patient right.
2. The Code of medical ethics, however, explicitly recognizes in the framework of his self-determination, the right of the patient not to know. This also implies the recognition of the right to know. The right to know however is not absolute: when not knowing would cause evident and serious damage to the patient or a third person (e.g. in case of a contagious disease), the physician informs the patient of his health condition, notwithstanding the explicitly expressed wishes of the patient not to do so. In this case, the physician has to obtain the advice of a colleague and if necessary to hear the confidant of the patient.
3. A doctor is not obliged to communicate information that he normally would have had communicate, when it obviously would cause a serious danger for the patient (e.g. a fatal forecast). Also in this case the physician has to obtain the advice of a colleague and, if necessary, he has to hear the confidant of the patient.

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