Healthcare professionals and patient information: a fresh look from the new italian law on consent.

ABSTRACT: This article discusses the importance of providing patients with adequate information and creating the care relationship, particularly focusing on the role of healthcare professionals in this activity. It examines the main legislative references on this topic at a European level and the new law, No. 219/2017, in Italy on informed consent that serves as a starting point for recalling important legal and ethical principles regarding the information to be provided to patients in the therapeutic relationship.