Table 2.

Physicians’ Compliance with Patients’ Rights

Component of Patient’s Right	Attending Physicians No (%)		General Practitioners No (%)
Not to be discriminated against due to age, nationality, or income	195	49.2	54	49.5
To be treated by a physician with legal and medical competency	109	27.5	59	54.1
To refuse treatment	105	26.5	62	56.9
To receive a second medical opinion	288	72.7	N/A
To be informed about the medical act	389	98.2	107	98.2
To provide explicit (written) consent for the medical act
Consent for biological samples	225	56.8	61	56
Consent for risky interventions	370	93.4	78	71.6
To decide whether to be treated in case of imminent death	130	32.8	N/A
To have the best decision made in case of incapacity decision-making capacity	227	57.3	N/A
To confidentiality of medical data
With patient’s express consent	278	70.2	71	65.1
Without patient’s prior consent	129	32.6	51	46.8
To receive full access to their medical records	203	51.3	45	41.3