Secrets about Patients

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Abstract
DOCTORS are often given information about a patient by family members or others and asked to keep it secret from the patient. Deciding what to do after being told such a secret can be a troubling, guilt-provoking experience for practitioners. Are we not sworn to keep patients fully informed of everything we know about them, both out of respect for their autonomy and to help them make choices about their care? There is also the uncomfortable possibility that the information confided may be unreliable, or that we may find we are being manipulated for the benefit of the confider, not . . .

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