Wątpliwości dotyczące zgody pacjenta na świadczenia medyczne – wybrane problemy praktyki szpitala klinicznego
Doubts concerning a patient’s consent for treatment – selected issues from the practice of a clinical hospital

Summary/Abstract: The practice of a physician working for a clinical hospital frequently involves providing treatmentin emergencies. Decisions are often taken under pressure of time, and under the risk of possible difficulties in determining whether the patient’s consent for the application of a given diagnostic measure or treatment has been obtained or not. There emerge doubts related to the issueof the patient’s consent to further treatment. The paper makes a detailed legal analysis of fiveactual situations that took place in the Clinical Hospital of Poznan University of Medical Sciences. These cases concern treatments provided, resorting to the institution of applying surrogate consent, due to the specific conditions of medical intervention.

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