Study on the right of informed consent of non-close relatives'chosen guardians
Articles 33 to 35 of the Civil Code are innovative provisions on the voluntary guardianship system,and the contents of the law keep up with the development of the times and the latest international legislative ideas.However,the subject of exercising the right of informed consent for medical treatment stipulated by Chinese law is only constructed with patients and their close relatives as the core,excluding the non-close relatives'preferred guard-ians,which leads to obstacles for non-close relatives'preferred guardians to exercise informed consent.In order to better safeguard the rights and interests of the ward and implement the freedom of will of the ward,it is necessary to clarify the right of informed consent of the guardian who is not a close relative of the patient,establish relevant norms when the exercise of informed consent of the guardian who is not a close relative conflicts with the exercise of informed consent of the guardian who is not a close relative,and carry out legal regulations on the exercise of in-formed consent of the guardian who is not a close relative,to improve the exercise of the right of informed consent of non-close relatives'guardians.
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