Critical analysis of the Code of Medical Ethics

Augustynowicz Anna, Sytnik-Czetwertyński Janusz, Waszkiewicz Michał, Małgorzata Grochala, Skowron Adam. Critical analysis of the Code of Medical Ethics. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(7):713-723. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3354973 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7176 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 01.07.2019. Revised: 05.07.2019. Accepted: 30.07.2019. Critical analysis of the Code of Medical Ethics Anna Augustynowicz1, Janusz Sytnik-Czetwertyński2, Michał Waszkiewicz1, Małgorzata Grochala3, Adam Skowron2 Affiliation Zakład Ekonomiki, Prawa i Zarządzania - Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego w Warszawie Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny Abstract The wording of this article raises fundamental doubts. Since the physician should also strive of obtain the consent of a minor, the question arises as to who else they should obtain it from? Or in fact who, in the case of a minor, should agree to the provision of healthcare. The main part of this article is a critical analysis of articles of the Polish Code of Medical Ethics. Keywords: analysis; Code of Medical Ethics; ethi