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The doctor and patient rights: A legal guide

14 December 2022

The publication explains how the medical profession should be exercised so that the proceedings are in compliance with patients' rights, including, inter alia: the basic issues related to the protection of patients' rights and the sources of their validity are presented, a catalogue of the doctor's duties in relation to the protection of patients' rights is extensively discussed, the issues of limiting patients' rights are presented, as well as the doctor's liability for violating patients' rights. The topics included in the study are presented by the authors on the basis of case studies derived from selected decisions of the Supreme Court, common courts and the Constitutional Tribunal. An extensive list of applicable laws, their thorough analysis, as well as specific warnings and recommendations for safe conduct, make the book an indispensable compendium of knowledge in the practice of the medical profession. The publication can serve to eliminate the risk of violating patients' rights in the practice of the medical profession, and thus will protect doctors from the danger of criminal, civil, disciplinary and professional liability.