The right verb about satisfying or not someone's right in this context?

word-choice single-word-requests word-usage

The doctors flouted the man's right to be informed.They should have acceded to it.

Flout means to violate a rule and accede means to agree to a rule.

See the links.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/flout.

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/accede

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