"After the examination, the doctor recommended surgery. It was only later that I learned from a friend that there was another treatment option. I still wonder to this day why no one told me about it. Is the doctor obliged to inform the patient about all treatment options?" asks Mrs. Jana from Pardubice. We asked attorney Jakub Svoboda what rights Czech law grants to patients.
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"After the examination, the doctor recommended surgery. It was only later that I learned from a friend that there was another treatment option. I still wonder to this day why no one told me about it. Is the doctor obliged to inform the patient about all treatment options?" asks Mrs. Jana from Pardubice. We asked attorney Jakub Svoboda what rights Czech law grants to patients.