PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hysterectomy, Menopause, Harm Principle
PHLB09- Lecture 6 Truth telling-part 2
• Lipkin
• Cullen and Klein
o They think that lying could be good in certain exception but lying for deception is bad
o Lying for the benefit of the patient is not ok (this is the opposite what lipkin thinks) but lying for
the phsiia’s eefit is ad Lipki also agrees ith this stateet
o Objection include telling other people why they are wrong and trying to justify things that may
seem wrong with their argument
• Why would lying be a good thing?
o DPB- do o har to the patiets, so deeptio to eefit, i this ase, the patiet Lipki’s
theory)
• Cullen and Klien that lying for the benefit of the physician is worse than lying to benefit the patient is
worse but they still believe that deception is wrong
• Why does the truth matter?
o Humans are very rational beings and they always want to determine the path that they are
going to take and this ability distinguishes us from each other and make us individuals
o So giving a human respect Is allowing them to make their own choice
o Therefore ou should’t e ale to iterfere ith their ailit to ake their o hoies
• Disrespet ad the Phsiia’s Good
o Dr. Mires and Ms. Sligh- the doctor told the patient that she should have a hysterectomy even
though there was nothing wrong with her uterus, the doctor even gives her false information
which leads her to make a uninformed decision
▪ The phsiia’s eefits fro the surger eause he makes money
▪ The surger ill rearrage the od’s horoe ad sed the oe ito earl
menopause which affects the patients
▪ Ad he’s diretl affetig her autoo eause she a at to hae hildre i the
future and now she cant even make her own decision on whether or not she can expand
her family
o Dr. lambert and Susan Cruz- she has a young child and has been extremely sick and they found
out that she’s at adaed rai tuour ad there are o other optios ad she ol has aout
4-8 weeks
▪ The doctor was worried about telling her beacause it could affect the well being of her
life ad her hild’s life i the fial eeks she has left to lie ad she ould hae etree
fear and anxiety
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