[Medical record, source of conflict]

Patients' right to information is strictly regulated by the French Code of Public Health that establishes the legal framework for delivering medical information. The Code of Medical Deontology also contains several articles concerning patients' rights, medical information, and medical secret. The patient's right to information must not be confounded with medical file property rights which is an ambiguous notion that has not yet acquired a perfectly acceptable legal definition satisfying all concerned. Currently, the physician, designated by the patient, is the only person legally authorized to deliver to that patient the desired information.