Medicine, 09.12.2021 22:40 ptrlvn01

A physician has a patient with terminal cancer. The patient's family has requested that the physician not tell the patient about the diagnosis. The patient is an adult, but the family fears that the diagnosis will make the patient horribly depressed and that he would live out his last days in a happier state if he did not know the end was near. What should the physician do?

What moral or ethical dilemma does the physician face?

What would you do if you were the physician?

What should the physician do?

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