LYING AS A COMPONENT OF THERAPY

• Authors: Aszyk P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

There is not common agreement among doctors and ethicists about permission to lie to the patient in order to support the process of healing and cure. The article shows various moral attitudes to the use of lying during therapy. Practitioners, as well as, ethicists offer arguments for and against particular clinical practices. However, analyses lead to the truthfulness as the best approach which respects ones rights. There is not place for exceptions. With sufficient care and support from medical staff, the obligation to tell the truth always, even if it is very difficult element of therapy, serves the patient in the best possible way.

Keywords

EN

ETHICS; LYING IN THERAPY

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Uniwersytet w Białymstoku. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
• Journal: Archeus. Studia z bioetyki i antropologii filozoficznej
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 29-45
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Aszyk P.

• P. Aszyk, ul. Olecka 30, 04-984 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03406988