The development of the doctor-patient relationship in the context of therapeutic privilege

The Evolution of the Doctor Patient Relationship in the Context of Therapeutic Privilege Abstract The thesis deals with the development of the doctor patient relationship in the context of therapeutic privilege, that is, the possibility for a doctor temporarily to withhold adverse information about the diagnosis or prognosis of the state of health in the patient's interest. The theoretical part first reconstructs the transformation of the doctor patient relationship from the traditional paternalistic model, based on the principles of beneficence and non-maleficence, to the current model in which the principle of respect for the patient's autonomy and the doctrine of informed consent prevail. Special attention is paid to the development of these concepts and to the importance of the European Convention on Bioethics for the transformation of the doctor patient relationship in the Czech environment. Against this background, the main sources of legal regulation are systematically presented, in particular the European Convention on Bioethics, the Health Services Act and the Civil Code, and their impact on the concept of informed consent and the physician's duty to inform in terms of truthfulness, scope and timing of the information provided. The core part of the thesis focuses on therapeutic privilege, its...