Should the Patient Know the Truth? : A Response of Physicians, Nurses, Clergymen, and Lawyers

Front Matter....Pages 1-13 Truth, An Instrument in Therapy....Pages 15-28 The Magnificence of Understanding....Pages 29-39 The Patient Speaks....Pages 40-46 What Patient, What Truth?....Pages 47-58 The Part of Disease That is Fear....Pages 59-64 Special Problems in Psychiatric Nursing....Pages 65-71 Unconditionally Yes....Pages 72-78 In a Cancer Hospital....Pages 79-82 A Surgeon’s Kindness Comes Through....Pages 83-86 Other Times, Other Fears....Pages 87-87 What One Neurosurgeon Does....Pages 88-92 An Obstetrician Meets Adversities....Pages 93-99 The Sick Child Knows....Pages 100-106 A Cardiac Consultant’s Way....Pages 107-110 An Administrator’s Procedures....Pages 111-114 Sympathy and Objectivity in Balance....Pages 115-119 Ethics in Nursing Responsibility....Pages 120-129 The Priest’s Response....Pages 130-134 The Rabbi’s Response....Pages 135-142 The Minister’s Response....Pages 143-147 Conflict of Considerations....Pages 148-151 If There Were a Law....Pages 152-156 A Lawyer’s Advice....Pages 157-158 Back Matter....Pages 159-160