tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638875082980829174.post4021544260917659818..comments2023-12-28T16:02:42.416+05:30Comments on A malayali doctor's blog: Can a doctor lie?Arun.N.M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638875082980829174.post-32645338940592689202010-08-31T07:49:07.132+05:302010-08-31T07:49:07.132+05:30Depends on the patient.It's better not to say ...Depends on the patient.It's better not to say the truth to a patient who is already on the verge of a nervous breakdown.hints may be given.sometimes it is good to reveal the truth.monsoon dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16925694847859867641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638875082980829174.post-42015725713597864842009-09-05T01:16:33.475+05:302009-09-05T01:16:33.475+05:30I agree with your view theoretically but practical...I agree with your view theoretically but practically it is not that easy.<br />Most of the relatives still do not wish the patient to know the truth.I usually give some hints to patients.If then they ask me to come out in open I tell them.Arun.N.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638875082980829174.post-3571935393876604102009-09-03T16:06:58.385+05:302009-09-03T16:06:58.385+05:30A doctor's first duty is towards his patient, ...A doctor's first duty is towards his patient, next towards the family. <br /><br />As such, if the patient is going to die, he/she has the right to know. <br /><br />The only exception that I can think of is in the case of young children who have a terminal illness and who may or may not be able to cope with the concept of death. Perhaps you could withhold the truth from them, but in all other situations, it is better for patients to know what's going on with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638875082980829174.post-25262129502610478882008-12-11T00:19:00.000+05:302008-12-11T00:19:00.000+05:30Yes Cris,If I am ill I will want to know what is h...Yes Cris,If I am ill I will want to know what is happening to me.Similarly every one should know.Arun.N.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638875082980829174.post-42767867394495580972008-12-10T22:56:00.000+05:302008-12-10T22:56:00.000+05:30But of course. Theres no point saying the patient ...But of course. Theres no point saying the patient wont be able to face it, cause the same patient would know it anyway in his last days. Knowing ahead, they can plan their last days better and do things they might have pushed doing all their life.<BR/>I wish people of India understood this better!<BR/><BR/>And in your case, the family should have disclosed to the patient that they were hiding about the illness all this while for his happiness - no point sending a fellow to his death bed all frustrated at his relatives and his doc!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com