[Informed consent in the light of the new medical deontologic code and of the state's laws]. / Il consenso informato alla luce del nuovo codice di deontologia medica e delle leggi dello Stato.

ABSTRACT

The Authors in the light of the legislative directives as well as of some juridical judgements and the new deontological code for medicine, especially from the articles 30 to 35, consider how information should be given to the patients. Furthermore the Authors underline how a correct information does not exclude the explicit consensus expressed by the patient before being submitted to any diagnostic and/or therapeutic treatment and how the patient's consensus should be collected. In addition the Authors briefly examine some juridical judgements that in the last years have been cause of tensions for physician and emphasize some of the fundamental rights of citizen in an up to date view of the medicine.