Article 10 of Law on the Practice of Medicine and Allied Health Professions

The physician must obtain the patient’s informed consent and inform him with complete honesty and truthfulness of the following: 1 - His entire medical condition, its stages and its causes. 2 - The diagnostic and therapeutic medical means and procedures that must be undertaken according to the patient’s condition, explaining the benefits and risks of each and acquainting him with suitable alternatives and available options in an appropriate, simple and clear manner, to the extent permitted by his physical and psychological condition. -3- The treatment plan intended to be followed. 4 - Potential complications that are not rare during and after the medical work.