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Article R4127-239 of the French Public Health Code

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1111-7 and for legitimate reasons which the dental surgeon assesses according to his conscience, a patient may be kept in ignorance of a serious diagnosis or prognosis. A fatal prognosis should only be revealed to the patient with the greatest circumspection, but the patient’s next of kin should generally be informed, unless the patient has previously forbidden this disclosure or designated the third party or parties to whom it should be made.

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Article R4127-239

Sous réserve des dispositions de l’article L. 1111-7 et pour des raisons légitimes que le chirurgien-dentiste apprécie en conscience, un patient peut être laissé dans l’ignorance d’un diagnostic ou d’un pronostic grave. Un pronostic fatal ne doit être révélé au patient qu’avec la plus grande circonspection mais les proches doivent généralement en être prévenus, à moins que le patient n’ait préalablement interdit cette révélation ou désigné le ou les tiers auxquels elle doit être faite.

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