Question 27 (part 2) · LEK · Informing about health status
Choose false statement regarding “therapeutic privilege”?
- A. it derives from the principle of benevolence.
- B. it is the entitlement of the doctor to censor the truth conveyed to the patient, in a situation where it serves the wellbeing of the patient.
- C. it derives from the principle of non-hurting.
- D. it may be justified by argument that no one, even the doctor, cannot know the whole truth.
- E. it is the entitlement of the doctor to one-sided assessment if the truth is in the best comprehended wellbeing of the patient.
Hint
Therapeutic privilege assumes that the doctor knows the truth and limits it for the patient's good — find the option that does not fit this logic.
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