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A History of Physician “Truth Telling,” Informed Consent, Legal and Religious Perspectives on End-of-Life Care

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While patients’ and family preferences for nondisclosure of life-threatening illness found among contemporary Native Americans and Asian Americans may seem to be a cultural anomaly, a brief review of physician practices and legal rulings in the 20th century suggests that disclosure of this information to patients is a relatively recent practice.

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Searight, H.R. (2019). A History of Physician “Truth Telling,” Informed Consent, Legal and Religious Perspectives on End-of-Life Care. In: Ethical Challenges in Multi-Cultural Patient Care. SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23544-4_3

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