Right to know or Request to Withhold: Which should be Honored?
2021
A 45 y old male patient was admitted to ICU with CA stomach which metastasized to other body organs. He did not
know about the disease and asked Health Care Provider (HCP) many times about his condition, but HCP did not
tell him. Because, his family wanted to keep it confidential. After one month, the patient dies due to poor prognosis.
If HCP have told him before his death, he might have been able to accomplish his important tasks. In this case, the
reason behind the family’s decision of keeping the diagnosis confidential to patient could be in a way that family
thought that patient will be unable to cope after disclosure of actual diagnosis.
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