Could Good Care Mean Withholding Information from Patients?

AMA J Ethics. 2016 Jan 1;18(1):6-11. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.1.ecas1-1601.

Authors

Benjamin D Long¹, Andrew G Shuman²

Affiliations

¹ Second-year medical student.
² Assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, where he also serves as co-director of the Program in Clinical Ethics in the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine.

PMID: 26854630
DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.1.ecas1-1601

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / psychology
Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
Clinical Trials as Topic
Decision Making / ethics*
Ethics, Medical
Faculty, Medical
Female
Humans
Information Dissemination / ethics*
Mentors
Moral Obligations
Palliative Care / ethics
Paternalism / ethics
Patient Advocacy / ethics*
Patient-Centered Care / ethics*
Patient-Centered Care / methods
Physician-Patient Relations / ethics*
Quality of Life*
Students, Medical*
Therapeutic Misconception