Withhold A Medical Diagnosis

Truth-telling and Withholding Information | UW …

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What if the patient's family asks me to withhold the truth from the patient? Often families will ask the physician to withhold a terminal or serious diagnosis or prognosis from the patient. Usually, the family's motive is …

Withholding Information from Patients | ama-coe

https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/withholding-information-patients

Withholding pertinent medical information from patients in the belief that disclosure is medically contraindicated creates a conflict between the physician’s obligations …

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 …

Ask the Ethicist: Withholding a cancer diagnosis from the …

https://hospitalnews.com/ask-the-ethicist-withholding-a-cancer-diagnosis-from-the-patient/

4 risks that arise when parents withhold diagnosis from a …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/4-risks-arise-when-parents-withhold-diagnosis-child

It’s common for moms and dads to worry that a child’s knowledge of his or her own serious diagnosis could threaten the child’s well-being, so some parents ask physicians to withhold that …

AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinions on Informing …

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

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 physician’s …

To Tell or Not to Tell - Seattle Children’s Hospital

https://www.seattlechildrens.org/research/centers-programs/bioethics/about/news/parents-keep-health-information-from-patients/

“We need to be willing to gently and respectfully confront patient families with our concerns about withholding information from a patient.” Research suggests when parents engage …

Minors’ Right to Know and Therapeutic Privilege

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/minors-right-know-and-therapeutic-privilege/2013-08

If a patient expresses a desire not to know all or some medical information, then the physician should respect that decision and withhold that information [21, 22]. This is distinguished from therapeutic …

Doctor Liability for Failure to Communicate Test Results

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All medical professionals are held to a high standard of medical care. That standard of care includes informing patients of the outcome of any medical test or …

Legal Issues in Withholding or Withdrawing Medical …

https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(16)39839-7/fulltext

The law regarding patient refusal of treatment or the withholding or withdrawing of treatment from an incompetent patient is still in the process of developing. The clear …