Should Doctors Lie To The Truth

TRUTH-TELLING 2 The Importance of Truth-Telling Telling the truth is something that comes up for the majority of us in childhood. It is considered impolite to lie and when a lie was told, or you were untruthful, it was often considered a reflection of your parents’ moral attitudes. Unfortunately, we all seem to have been taught differently the exact nature of a truth or lie and the right or wrong way to use that information. In To Lie or Not to Lie? – The Doctor’s Dilemma

Lie Hurts Than The Bitter Truth Truthfulness is a fundamental moral value within a society. Truth telling is considered as an important responsibility in health care field. Doctors should not lie to patients in their role of medical profession. However, some medical professionals believe that physicians should tell lies to benefit their patients.(Toscani , Maestroni &Farsides, 2006).According to Sissella Bok (2007) physicians should not lie because truth telling assists patients to deal with

lungs very weak and unable to take another year of the flu. In fact another year of the flu will likely kill him. He does not want the flu shot because he sincerely believes that the actual flu shot will give him the flu. With further research, the doctor and the family find that Mr. Simpson will accept an immune boosting shot only. If the physician lies to Mr. Simpson about the injection then he will

case is: “Whether the doctor should lie to the family regarding the father’s ability to donate a kidney and begin a search for a cadaver kidney?” This is an important and controversial question, which is discussed in this essay. There are two possible answers, “yes” and “no” to this question asked, and each side is analysed. I will discuss both possible outcomes to the professional ethics question posed above. The first possible answer here is “yes”, the doctor should lie to the family and begin

After understanding the ethical theories and principle, the reason of ethical dilemmas in truth telling should be know first. Truth telling means do not tell lie and do not hide information. From a study by Fielding, Wong and Ko (1998), most of patients actually know the name of cancer. However, the nature of cancer i.e. benign or malignance was not known. Besides, only a few patients discuss with prognosis. Family members even received more information than patients. The ethical dilemma is when

Non-Truths of Medicine Would you want to know if your doctor or physician wasn 't being completely honest with you? Surprisingly, in 1961, only 10% of physicians believed that they should inform a patient when they had a terminal illness. By 1979, 97% felt that it was necessary to disclose all known medical information to their patients. Though, this doesn 't prove to be accurate in today 's times. Although 79% of people interviewed on a phone survey said they trust their doctors fully, one- third

alph Linstra discusses how the Bible teaches that one should not bear false witness under any circumstance, which is one of the ten commandments in the bible (Linstra,n.d.). Some believe that there is no universally acknowledged meaning of deceit and lying to others. The dictionary definition of lying, however, is to put forth a false expression with the expectation to misdirect (The definition of Lying and Deception, 2015). There are not very many, assuming any, absolutes in this world. As a general

not to lie. An example of this is putting a human’s life in danger. “The principle must be understood to mean that the doctor should strive to ensure that his interventions achieve a positive balance of benefit over harm” (Goldie 1). A doctor’s duties involve making the care of a patient their first concern, respect their dignity, and to support them in taking care of themselves to help improve their health. An ill-advised decision that costs a patient their life should compel the doctor or physician

The parents agreed and to continue her treatment, the patient needed a compatible donor, but from the start, looking at the patient’s tissue typing, the doctor already knew that it would be difficult to find a donor. The patient had 2 siblings, the age of 2 and 4, but they were too young to be organ donors, and the rest of the family wasn’t “histocompatible”1. However, the father was and so the nephrologist

It is not a coincidence that some of the most celebrated and admired people in history are distinguished for their honesty. Honesty is the virtue of speaking the truth at all times and doing what is morally correct. People like Mahatma Gandhi in India, Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the United States and President Jose Trinidad Cabanas in Honduras are individuals who we must look up to. Even though their reputations might be based on myth, it is important to notice that people