Zasady postępowania lekarza wobec pacjenta – komentarz do art. 6 i art. 7 KEL
Code of conduct by the physician towards the patient – comment to the Art. 6 and 7 of the Code of Medical Ethics

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses Chapter 1 of the Medical Code of Ethics, entitled „Patient management bythe physician”. The Chapter comprises two regulations – Art. 6 and Art. 7. The former specifiesthat the physician is free to choose the mode of managing the patient, that he/she finds the mosteffective. However, the physician should limit his/her medical activities towards the patient tothose indeed indispensable in a given case, according to the current body of medical knowledge.Art. 7, in turn, specifies that in exceptionally justified cases, the physician may not engage intreating the patient or refrain from it, with the exception of emergency cases. In both circumstancesthe physician should inform the patient about other possibilities of obtaining medical assistance.The authors analysed in detail the discussed provisions, on the basis of relatedliterature and jurisdiction.

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