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<p>This article is devoted to a selection of ECtHR judgements concerning the right of a patient to have his or her privacy respected, and the corresponding duty of doctors to keep medical confidentiality. The case law of this court confirms the fundamental importance of trust between the patient and the therapist. It also underlines that one important scope of the right to privacy is the patient’s medical data, which is subject to legal protection. The law allows for a limitation of the obligation to maintain medical confidentiality, but only on the basis and within the limits of the law.</p>
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This article is devoted to a selection of ECtHR judgements concerning the right of a patient to have his or her privacy respected, and the corresponding duty of doctors to keep medical confidentiality. The case law of this court confirms the fundamental importance of trust between the patient and the therapist. It also underlines that one important scope of the right to privacy is the patient’s medical data, which is subject to legal protection. The law allows for a limitation of the obligation to maintain medical confidentiality, but only on the basis and within the limits of the law.

The Right to Privacy and Medical Confidentiality – Some Remarks in Light of ECtHR Case Law

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This article is devoted to a selection of ECtHR judgements concerning the right of a patient to have his or her privacy respected, and the corresponding duty...

The Right to Privacy and Medical Confidentiality – Some Remarks in Light of ECtHR Case Law

Publicado en línea: 19 ago 2021

Páginas: 185 - 197

Recibido: 19 abr 2020

Aceptado: 01 jun 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2020.25.02.09

Palabras clave
privacy, medical confidentiality, ECtHR judgements, patient’s rights, physician’s duties

© 2020 Agata Wnukiewicz-Kozłowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Right to Privacy and Medical Confidentiality – Some Remarks in Light of ECtHR Case Law

Publicado en línea: 19 ago 2021

Páginas: 185 - 197

Recibido: 19 abr 2020

Aceptado: 01 jun 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2020.25.02.09

Palabras claveprivacy, medical confidentiality, ECtHR judgements, patient’s rights, physician’s duties

© 2020 Agata Wnukiewicz-Kozłowska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
privacy, medical confidentiality, ECtHR judgements, patient’s rights, physician’s duties