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O majątkowej ochronie prawa pacjenta do umierania w spokoju i godności
Property Protection of the Patient’s Right to Die in Peace and Dignity

Author(s): Beata M. Janiszewska
Subject(s): Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
Published by: Temida 2
Keywords: demand for payment of an appropriate sum for the indicated social purpose; patients’ rights; patients’ right to die in peace and dignity;

Summary/Abstract: The issue of protecting the patient’s right to die in peace and dignity is presented in this paper. The following were analysed: the concept of patients’ rights, the content of the patient’s right to die in peace and dignity, and Art. 4 Sec. 2 of the Act of 6 November 2008 on Patient Rights and the Ombudsman for Patients’ Rights. In addition, the legal entities who are entitled to claims in the event of a culpable violation of the patient’s right to die in peace and dignity have been defined.

  • Issue Year: 3/2023
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 159-179
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish