Obligatory confidentiality of health professionals

The author focuses not only on the rules of access to health data, disclosure of health data and the subsequent decision-making of judicial instances, but also tries to respond to the current trend. This trend is a greater emphasis on the patient's right to know and manage his or her health data at will. It deals with exceptions to the mandatory confidentiality of health professionals. The law generally provides for three categories of situations in which mandatory confidentiality may be breached: the patient's consent, an exception is provided for by law, or if proceedings are brought against the healthcare professional to review the healthcare provided. The issue of legal liability for breach of the obligation of confidentiality is also discussed, the different types of liability - civil, Right, criminal, Contract, employment and disciplinary. It includes elaborated forms that can be used by healthcare professionals when handling patients' health data.