One of the basic human rights is the right to self-determination, which in medical law is expressed through the patient's consent to treatment. Therefore, the Polish legislator wants to guarantee the realisation of this right in the best possible way, and has issued a number of regulations on the requirements to give consent and provided legal mechanisms for their protection. In this article, the author analyses the provisions of the Polish legal order concerning the patient's expression of consent to treatment and presents the views of the doctrine developed in this matter.
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/bitstream/handle/item/133549/zurzycka_informowanie_pacjenta_o