Grey’s Autonomy - Spiritual Access without Patient Consent and Proselytism under Article 9 ECHR Drößler, Hendrik Mathis Author aut Patassy, Richard Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-11-25 eng
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 Amid the weakening of constitutional safeguards in Slovakia, the recently amended Statute on Healthcare now allows a person authorised to perform clerical activities to enter an institutional health care facility without any restrictions. At face value, the Statute aims to ensure the patient’s right to spiritual care. Crucially, however, it omits any reference to a patient’s request and consent – a silence that sits at the centre of this post. Article 9 ECHR does not tolerate that kind of vagueness in such a vulnerable environment. Henceforth, the Statute must directly state that access is based on explicit patient consent. CC BY-SA 4.0 Drößler, Hendrik Mathis Article 9 ECHR Clerical Activities ECHR Proselytism Slovakia Slowakei consent Slowakei 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/greys-autonomy/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/a53b0b5d77ce9788 251125 10.59704/a53b0b5d77ce9788 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)