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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.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19753871 DOI： 10.7748/ns2009.08.23.48.35.c7202
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nurs Stand ISSN： 0029-6570