Confidentiality Of Information In Health And Social Care

The Law of 4 March 2002 fixed firstly a number of principles concerning the rights of patients. The law proclaims the fundamental right to protection of health, which must be implemented by all available means. Health facilities must thus ensure equal access of every person to care necessitated by his condition and to ensure continuity of care and the best possible sanitary safety. The law specifies that the patient has the right to respect for privacy and the confidentiality of information about it. This secrecy covers all information coming to the knowledge of the health professional; it requires all health professionals and professionals involved in the health system. But the exchange of information is possible between professionals in order to ensure continuity of care or to determine the best care possible. Any person, …show more content…
The information and patient consent constitutes an ethical obligation for all physicians. Everyone has the right to be informed about his health on the various investigations, treatment, prevention of proposed actions; their usefulness; their degree of urgency; their consequences; frequent or serious risks normally predictable; possible alternatives; and foreseeable consequences of refusal.
Consequence of consent, the right to be informed about his state of health is