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I have a situation related to: Treating physician continuity
The physician-patient relationship is a mandate (art. 394 et seq. CO) which imposes on the physician a DUTY OF CONTINUITY and of LOYALTY towards the patients he treats (art. 398 CO ; art. 40 LPMéd on professional duties). The physician may in principle terminate the relationship (termination of the mandate, art. 404…
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- I'm ready to translate the Swiss legal text into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. However, I notice that the text to be translated only contains "CO 394" without any actual content to translate. Could you please provide the full Swiss legal text that needs to be translated? Once you do, I will: - Translate it into English - Use the preferred glossary terms you've provided (formal notice, payment order, lease agreement) - Preserve all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__), URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly I'm ready to proceed once you share the actual text. — Mandate — definition
- I'm ready to translate the text from French to English while preserving the protected tokens and using the preferred glossary terms you've specified (formal notice => formal notice, payment order => payment order, lease agreement => lease agreement). However, I notice that the text to translate appears to be missing. I only see: CO 398 Could you please provide the complete text that needs to be translated? Once you do, I'll translate it for you while: - Preserving every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Keeping all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations and placeholders exactly as they appear - Using your preferred glossary terms — Duties of the Mandatary — Diligence
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English as a Swiss legal translator. I will: 1. Preserve every protected token (like CO 404) 2. Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear 3. Apply the preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement 4. Return only the translation However, I notice that the text you've provided contains only "CO 404" without any actual content to translate. Please provide the Swiss legal text you would like me to translate, and I will process it according to your specifications. — Termination of the mandate by each party
- Medical Professions Act 40 — Professional Duties of the Physician
- DPA 25 — Right of access to personal data (medical file)
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