Withholding truth from patients.

Authors
O'Sullivan, Elizabeth
Affiliation
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo. lizosul@eircom.net
Issue Date
2012-01-31T15:55:09Z
MeSH
Attitude of Health Personnel
Ethics, Medical
Humans
Nurse-Patient Relations/ethics
Physician-Patient Relations/*ethics
Professional Autonomy
*Prognosis
Social Justice/standards
Terminal Care/*ethics
Truth Disclosure/*ethics

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Citation
Nurs Stand. 2009 Aug 5-11;23(48):35-40.
Journal
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/203269
PubMed ID
19753871
Abstract
The issue of whether patients should always be told the truth regarding their diagnosis and prognosis has afforded much debate in healthcare literature. This article examines telling the truth from an ethical perspective. It puts forward arguments for and against being honest with patients, using a clinical example to illustrate each point.
Language
eng
ISSN
0029-6570 (Print)
0029-6570 (Linking)
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