Professional confidentiality of medical staff after patient’s death

Introduction and Objective. Medical staff are obliged to keep all information about the patient obtained during the provision of health services in confidentiality, also after the patient›s death. The aim of the article is to raise the legal awareness of medical staff in the field of legal obligations related with professional secrecy after the death of a patient. Review methods The article is based on the data contained in the Polish Legal Information System „LEX”. Additionally,