Re: Would you like your doctor to lie to you if you had cancer?
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I realize this has been common practice in some places in the past, but I would imagine that the USA currently, it would open up the doctor to a lawsuit too much.
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I would agree with that. In med school, I don't recall being taught to hide info as it would be fairly rare for a person to not want to know. But we do spend a lot of time in learning HOW to break bad news...
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Try this: The good news, sir, is that your outrageous medical bills are coming to an end; the bad news is you're about to die.
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