Doctor-patient confidentiality - right and duty of a doctor in law regulations
Physician’s professional secrecy is one of the most important duties of a doctor and should be provided with confidentiality regarding his or her health. Generally speaking, there is no legal definition of "physician’s professional secrecy" in Poland, although this concept already appears...
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| author | Janusz Jaroszyński Renata Husarz Anna Jurek Aneta Mela |
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| description | Physician’s professional secrecy is one of the most important duties of a doctor and should be provided with confidentiality regarding his or her health. Generally speaking, there is no legal definition of "physician’s professional secrecy" in Poland, although this concept already appears in the oath of Hippocrates: ‘I will keep secret anything I see or hear professionally which ought not to be told’. The issue of medical confidentiality (physician’s professional secrecy) has been regulated in several legal acts such as: The Patient Rights and Patients Ombudsman Act, The Constitution of the Republic of Poland, The Medical Profession Act, The Civil Code Act, The Criminal Code Act and Code of Medical Ethics which is not considered as a legal act. The patient has the right to require confidentiality of the information concerning him and the obligation to keep medical confidentiality will apply to every representative of the medical profession, who obtained certain information by various professional activities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29bbed5d71204cf5bb032730332d4efd2022-12-22T00:05:52ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062018-03-018344445210.5281/zenodo.12072305004Doctor-patient confidentiality - right and duty of a doctor in law regulationsJanusz Jaroszyński0Renata Husarz1Anna Jurek2Aneta Mela3Chair and Department of Public Health II Faculty of Medicine with English Language Division Medical University of LublinChair and Department of Public Health II Faculty of Medicine with English Language Division Medical University of LublinChair and Department of Public Health II Faculty of Medicine with English Language Division Medical University of LublinChair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of WarsawPhysician’s professional secrecy is one of the most important duties of a doctor and should be provided with confidentiality regarding his or her health. Generally speaking, there is no legal definition of "physician’s professional secrecy" in Poland, although this concept already appears in the oath of Hippocrates: ‘I will keep secret anything I see or hear professionally which ought not to be told’. The issue of medical confidentiality (physician’s professional secrecy) has been regulated in several legal acts such as: The Patient Rights and Patients Ombudsman Act, The Constitution of the Republic of Poland, The Medical Profession Act, The Civil Code Act, The Criminal Code Act and Code of Medical Ethics which is not considered as a legal act. The patient has the right to require confidentiality of the information concerning him and the obligation to keep medical confidentiality will apply to every representative of the medical profession, who obtained certain information by various professional activities.http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5384patient, physician, medical law, physician’s professional secrecy |
| spellingShingle | Janusz Jaroszyński Renata Husarz Anna Jurek Aneta Mela Doctor-patient confidentiality - right and duty of a doctor in law regulations Journal of Education, Health and Sport patient, physician, medical law, physician’s professional secrecy |
| title | Doctor-patient confidentiality - right and duty of a doctor in law regulations |
| title_full | Doctor-patient confidentiality - right and duty of a doctor in law regulations |
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| title_short | Doctor-patient confidentiality - right and duty of a doctor in law regulations |
| title_sort | doctor patient confidentiality right and duty of a doctor in law regulations |
| topic | patient, physician, medical law, physician’s professional secrecy |
| url | http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5384 |
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