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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-52

A doctor who has treated a person during the illness from which he or she has died may not take advantage of inter vivos or testamentary dispositions made by the latter in his or her favour during the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-47

Whatever the circumstances, continuity of patient care must be ensured. Except in emergencies and when failing in their duty of humanity, doctors have the right to refuse care for professional or pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-40

The doctor must refrain, in the investigations and interventions he carries out as well as in the therapies he prescribes, from exposing the patient to an unjustified risk.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-36

…the patient when the latter is a minor or an adult under legal protection are defined in article R. 4127-42.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-30-1

It is forbidden to usurp titles, to use titles that have not been authorised by the National Council, or to use any means intended to mislead the public as to the value of its titles.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-5

The doctor may not alienate his professional independence in any form whatsoever.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-13

The parties shall be informed that they may be represented or assisted by a lawyer. However, practitioners, whether they are plaintiffs, claimants or the subject of the proceedings, may be assisted ei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-207

The dental surgeon must ensure that the persons assisting him in his work are informed of their obligations in terms of professional secrecy and comply with them.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-105

No one may be both expert doctor and treating doctor for the same patient. A doctor must not accept a mission of expertise in which his own interests are at stake, or those of one of his patients, one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Practice of control medicine.

Article R4127-104

The doctor in charge of the examination is bound to secrecy towards the administration or body that calls upon his services. He may and must only provide his conclusions from an administrative point o…

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