The Benevolent Deception: When Should a Doctor Lie to Patients?
An excerpt from Dr. Marc Agronin’s How We Age is featured in The Atlantic.
“Gone are the days when doctors withheld certain diagnoses or treatment details from patients. If anything, doctors today are often forced to disclose excess and sometimes unnecessary information due to concerns about liability or to patients who have already canvassed the Internet on their own and have pressing questions.”