Ethical dilemmas in nurses toward deception in medicine in patients at the end-of-life stage: An important yet challenging & questionable issue
Based on the medical ethical fundamental, physicians and nurses should not lie to their patients. This moral point of view is often based on respect for patients' autonomy, and lying can endanger the patient's autonomy [1]. Hence, some physicians and nurses believe that lying to the patien...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Nursing Reports in Clinical Practice 2024-01 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Based on the medical ethical fundamental, physicians and nurses should not lie to their patients. This moral point of view is often based on respect for patients' autonomy, and lying can endanger the patient's autonomy [1]. Hence, some physicians and nurses believe that lying to the patient or omitting important information from palliative care disclosure is appropriate if it is in the patient's best interest [2]. For example, solving complex ethical dilemmas and occasionally providing a placebo can lead to physicians and nurses lying to patients [3, 4]. Placebos are substances and interventions that do not specifically treat a patient's illness due to the nature of the treatment. This placebo is regarded as a pseudo-drug because it has no components that can help the patient's issues or be treated [5]. Placebo treatments are frequently utilized in medical procedures in several nations to lessen symptoms and enhance patient health [5-8]. Using a placebo as a treatment in clinical practice presents several ethical issues and difficulties [9]. |
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ISSN: | 2980-9711 2980-9711 |
DOI: | 10.32598/JNRCP.23.103 |