In the Case Described by Beauchamp and Childress of a Ninety-Year-Old

question 12

Multiple Choice

In the case described by Beauchamp and Childress of a ninety-year-old patient with a squamous cell carcinoma who was extremely fearful of cancer, which of the following was NOT set forth as a justification for "intentional verbal inaccuracy" on the part of the physician who treated the patient?

• A) The patient was in need of "effective reassurance."
• B) The patient's family urged the physician not to tell him that the ulcer on his lip was cancer, because of the patient's fearfulness of the disease.
• C) In the physician's judgment, it was "more truthful" to tell the patient he did not have cancer, because the patient was unable to accept the idea that he had a treatable and curable cancer.
• D) Addressing the patient and his concerns in his own language expressed respect, not paternalistic arrogance.

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Definitions:

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