Med Lav
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Comparative Study
[Consent and confidentiality in occupational health practice: balance between legal requirements and ethical values].
The recently introduced Italian law on the protection of workers' health states that the occupational health physician (competent physician) is required to act according to the Code of Ethics of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH). ⋯ Although the competent physician is required to act according to the law, the decisional process could lead to a violation of workers' autonomy.