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I would like to examine the question of truth-telling in the care of the dying patient. As we know, this is a matter of some controversy (Erickson, 1974). Until just a few years ago, it was thought that telling the truth to a patient with terminal disease would do that patient harm. In the absence of a cure, it was felt that nothing could be done for such patients. Since telling the patient his diagnosis was to pronounce upon him a hopeless sentence of doom, it was therefore thought preferable to conceal his fate from him.
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Cassell, E.J. (1979). Telling the Truth to the Dying Patient. In: Taché, J., Selye, H., Day, S.B. (eds) Cancer, Stress, and Death. Sloan-Kettering Institute Cancer Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3459-0_13
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