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Truth-telling in clinical practice.

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: Disclosure by doctors to patients has changed during the past 30 years in the direction of honesty, but deception and nondisclosure are still common. Clear ethical and legal precedents and guidelines regarding truth-telling exist. Physicians should not protect patients from potentially upsetting information; they will be held responsible should patients be injured due to failure to disclose.

Source: PubMed Central

Author: P C Hébert

Institution: University of Toronto

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1874863271

FWCI: 0.64

Cites: 18

Cited by: 22

Related to: 10