Providing Information on a Child’s Condition and Respect for the Right to Self-Determination and Privacy of a Minor Patient Cover Image

Udzielanie informacji o stanie zdrowia dziecka a poszanowanie prawa do samostanowienia i prywatności małoletniego pacjenta
Providing Information on a Child’s Condition and Respect for the Right to Self-Determination and Privacy of a Minor Patient

Author(s): Joanna Haberko
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law, Sociology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Temida 2
Keywords: minor; privacy; consent; information; małoletni; prywatność; zgoda; informacja

Summary/Abstract: The article covers the issue of providing information on the state of health in a situation where the patient is a minor. Th e child does not have actual and formal possibilities to make decisions independently. The child cannot make decisions regarding treatment, but he/she may make other decisions as part of informative self-determination. The purpose of the work is to show situations where a child, regardless of age, may agree to inform other people about his or her health. The author also presents instruments to secure the right to intimacy and privacy of minor patients.

  • Issue Year: 2/2020
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 123-140
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish