Telling the Truth - A Tussle between Four Principles of Ethics
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Telling the truth and medical ethics.
Gillon discusses the conflicting moral implications of the principles of respect for autonomy and of beneficence and non-maleficence when telling patients the truth about their illnesses and treatments. The case for nondisclosure is usually based on three major arguments: that doctors' Hippocratic obligations to benefit and not harm their patients take precedence over not deceiving them; that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2155-9627
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9627.1000172