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The aim of the study was to assess the level of knowledge of and compliance with patient rights in Poland. A 100-person group of patients (men and women) ranging in age from 19 to 84 years participated in the study. During the study, patients were asked about their knowledge of particular rights, which...

This study attempts to analyse the degree of autonomy available to the patient in the exercise of his or her right to consent to a medical procedure. The considerations revolve around the question of whether Polish law ensures due respect...

The present work is a discussion and analysis of the rights belonging to the patient under Polish law. Particular attention has been paid to two of them, which, according to the author, constitute the basis of these rights and at the same time are violated in many cases. The rights in question are: the right to...

The purpose of this article is to attempt to present the medical law institution of medical confidentiality, defining it, highlighting its most important features and then contrasting it with the right to medical information of a patient's relative. As a competing right with...

Medical staff should treat the patient as an equal participant in the therapeutic procedure and not as someone of lesser importance who is expected to submit to the rules they impose, which is not so obvious today. These individuals should relate ...

The Mental Health Protection Act, which has been in force in Poland for 15 years, is described by experts on the subject as a legal act that clearly guarantees respect for the rights and freedoms of a mentally ill person. The aforementioned Act does not exhaust the issue of protection ...

In Polish legislation and deontology at the beginning of the 20th century, there was no mention of patient autonomy in the course of treatment. However, over the years, and above all the significant increase in patient awareness, the nature of healthcare changed. The patient could increasingly...

One of the basic rights of the patient is the right to information about his/her condition, treatment and possible complications. In order for the patient to be able to make the best decision for him/herself about further treatment, he/she must be given full and understandable information about...

Throughout history, patients in psychiatric institutions have often been inadequately treated. These individuals have been isolated, humiliated and excluded. On the other hand, treatment often goes against subjective/agent positions and the rights of people with mental disorders to...

Patients' rights, being an integral part of human rights in a broad sense, define the relationship between a patient and an institution or a person providing medical services. The aim of this work is to present a catalogue of patient rights guaranteed in acts of statutory rank and...

The fact that the possibility of performing a medical procedure depends on the patient's consent demonstrates the importance of this institution. The requirement to obtain consent for the provision of a medical service is regulated by the provisions of the Constitution and the laws on medical professions and rights ...

For several years now, patient rights have been the subject of increasing social policy interest in the world, and increasingly in our country. The aim of this article is to identify the various sources of threats to the human patient, which are at the same time the cause of the increasing...

The rights of the dying person should be an integral part of the overall rights of the patient. It is important to recognise that these are norms linked to the end of a person's existence, and as such should receive special attention from those providing medical or nursing care....

A patient's right to be informed about his or her health is one of the patient's rights regulated by the provisions of the Act of 6 November 2008 on Patients' Rights and Patients' Ombudsman. In certain circumstances (when the patient is under 16 years of age, unconscious or...