Doctor/patient

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IDS, that eventually will lead to death must be prepared for it. Maybe he or she has some relatives who live far away and she/he wants to see them before dying. Another reason could be that the person probably needs to make sure that his or her children are cared for, that they have his/her will drawn, etc. All this usually takes time that is why the patient should know his/her condition and know what to expect in the nearest future. But on the other hand, true information can make a patient panic and put him into deep depression. As we know, depression is very dangerous for everybody. It not only reflects badly on the patient’s health but also has a terrible effect on patient’s lifestyle. Almost all patients who have cancer and they find out the truth about their sickness, I think, would not only be in worse condition because of their illnesses but in addition they will get terrified and scared about death. This usually does not help the process of recovery (if the recover is a possibility in some cases). Another very important aspect that sometimes we should keep in mind, not only for doctors, but also for any regular relationship between people is that it doesn’t matter what we say but matters how we say it, how we present it to the person. What I mean is that sometimes we are faced with dilemmas of telling the truth, when we do not have any chances of concealing information from our patients, then we have to reveal it carefully and try to make minimum damage. Otherwise, it can destroy any patient completely. In medical practice this behavior is defined as medical paternalism. It requires cheerfulness and serenity, a lot of attention to the patient, sometimes reproving sharply and emphatically and sometimes creating comfort, revealing nothing of the patient’s future or present condition. (p.42, ethical issues in Modern Medicine).
At the end of the 18th century Kant-philosopher, argued for truth and the strict rejection of ...