PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paternalism, Virtue Ethics, Contagious Disease
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Lie of omission (not given the complete truth, sugar coating) vs. lie of commission (something false) Legal affairs, meaning, parting: encourages the idea of what"s best. Content vs. delivery (of the diagnosis: physicians need to know how to deliver the full content carefully. Knowing all facts vs. deciding whether to know all facts. Autonomy recovery deception (e. g. lie of commission) Or most of the truth: the whole truth in general, and the whole truth to just the patient. Confidentiality: imparting info to physicians who would promise non-disclosure (implicitly or explicitly) Autonomy entails right to privacy/control of access. Kantian: treating patients as a means is wrong. Absolute rule of truth telling (benefit to patient/physician relation) Prima facie rule of tt (harm due to disclosure) Likely to respect truth telling, yet sensitive to truth telling"s effects. Demands sister caregiver not to be informed. Breeching confidentiality necessary to avoid imminent risk.
