PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hysterectomy, Menopause, Harm Principle

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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 phsiia’s eefit is ad Lipki also agrees ith this stateet
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 patiets, so deeptio to eefit, i this ase, the patiet 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 ale to iterfere ith their ailit to ake their o hoies
Disrespet ad the Phsiia’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 phsiia’s eefits fro the surger eause he makes money
The surger ill rearrage the od’s horoe ad sed the oe ito earl
menopause which affects the patients
Ad he’s diretl affetig her autoo eause she a at to hae 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 adaed rai tuour ad there are o other optios ad she ol has aout
4-8 weeks
The doctor was worried about telling her beacause it could affect the well being of her
life ad her hild’s life i the fial eeks she has left to lie ad she ould hae etree
fear and anxiety
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