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The family members of a patient beg you not to tell the patient, a 14 year old, that he has a terminal illness. And instead they want you to embellish the truth so the teenager can have the will and hope to live fully. What would you do? Is this a legal or ethical issue?

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It's an ethical issue and I think so it is better not to tell the patient so he of she can hope of living.

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User Bekki
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it is an ethical issue. i would tell the patient because they’re old enough to know and not be protected against knowing something about themselves.
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