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Article R4127-331 of the French Public Health Code

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-7 and for legitimate reasons which the midwife assesses according to her conscience, a patient may be kept in ignorance of a serious diagnosis or prognosis concerning her.

A fatal prognosis should only be revealed to the patient with the greatest circumspection, but the family should generally be informed, unless the patient has previously forbidden any disclosure of her state of health or designated the third parties to whom such disclosure should be made.

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Article R4127-331

Sous réserve des dispositions de l’article L. 1111-7 et pour des raisons légitimes que la sage-femme apprécie en conscience, une patiente peut être laissée dans l’ignorance d’un diagnostic ou d’un pronostic grave la concernant.

Un pronostic fatal ne doit être révélé à la patiente qu’avec la plus grande circonspection, mais la famille doit généralement en être prévenue, à moins que la patiente n’ait préalablement interdit toute révélation sur son état de santé ou désigné les tiers auxquels cette révélation doit être faite.

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