Review article
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2023.60.150.669
The effects of patients' right to be informed
Jozo Čizmić
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
Abstract
Patients have the right to be fully informed about their state of health, recommended examinations
and procedures and planned dates for treatment, possible advantages and risks of performing or
not performing recommended examinations and procedures, and about their right to decide on the
recommended examinations or procedures. Similarly, patients have the right to be informed about
possible substitutes for recommended procedures, the course of procedures when providing health
care, the further course of providing health care, recommended lifestyle, as well as their rights from
health insurance and procedures for exercising these rights.
Patients’ right to information (about their state of health and treatment procedure) is one of the
patient’s fundamental rights, regulated and guaranteed by the provisions of the Act on the Protection
of Patients’ Rights, provisions of other regulations governing healthcare activities, and numerous
international conventions and declarations in the field of healthcare. Much professionally conducted
research in healthcare institutions has shown that patients who are informed in a timely and detailed
manner achieve better results in healing and stay hospitalized for a shorter time.
Keywords
patient rights; informed patient; informed consent and choice
Hrčak ID:
311809
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Publication date:
20.12.2023.
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