Signed, not Ratified
 Patient Rights in Poland

Right to Informed Consent

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

 

 



The right of the patient to information about his or her health is not stipulated as a specific right, the Law on the Physicians' Profession deals with the obligation of granting information in the context of the right to informed consent. The physician is obliged to provide to the patient, or his legal representative, clear information on his health condition, diagnosis, suggested and possible diagnostic and treatment methods, foreseeable consequences of their application or omission, results of treatment and prognoses. The scope and object of information is very broad.

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