Medical Ethics Witholding Information

Withholding Information from Patients | ama-coe

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Withholding pertinent medical information from patients in the belief that disclosure is medically contraindicated creates a conflict between the physician’s obligations to promote patient welfare and to respect patient autonomy. Except in emergency …

Truth-telling and Withholding Information

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There are two main situations in which it is justified to withhold the truth from a patient. As noted above, if the physicians has compelling evidence that disclosure will cause real and predictable harm, …

AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ama-code-medical-ethics-opinions-informing-patients/2012-07

Physicians should encourage patients to specify their preferences regarding communication of their medical information, preferably before the information becomes available. Moreover, physicians …

Could Good Care Mean Withholding Information from …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/could-good-care-mean-withholding-information-patients/2016-01

When the Family Requests Withholding the Diagnosis: …

https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/jop.091086

Patient autonomy has extended beyond providing sufficient, understandable information before obtaining consent for treatment to the practice of telling patients the …

AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ama-code-medical-ethics-opinions-disclosing-diagnoses-patients/2011-12

The practice of withholding pertinent medical information from patients in the belief that disclosure is medically contraindicated is known as “therapeutic privilege.” It creates a conflict between the …

Code of Medical Ethics | Ethical Guidance …

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Code of Medical Ethics | Ethical Guidance for Physicians | AMA Delivering Care Ethics The AMA was founded in part to establish the first national codification of medical ethics. …

AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ama-code-medical-ethics-opinion-informing-patients-about-treatment-options/2013-01

Informed consent is a basic policy in both ethics and law that physicians must honor, unless the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapable of consenting and harm from failure to treat is imminent. …

Is It Ever “Okay” to Withhold Information …

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Is it ever okay for a doctor to withhold information from a patient? When looking strictly at withholding information from a patient, the American Medical Association (AMA) says that it should never …

Ethical aspects of withdrawing and withholding treatment

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17494444/

Decisions about withdrawing and withholding treatment are common in health care. During almost every encounter between health professionals and patients a …