Truth-telling in health care

General Medical Council. Good Medical Practice. London: GMC, 2006

Hancock K , Clayton JM , Parker S , Truth telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life limiting illness: a systematic review. Palliative Med 2007;21:507

Tuckett AG . Truth telling in clinical practice and the arguments for and against: a review of the literature. Nurs Ethics 2004;11:500–13

Draper H , McDairmid-Gordon A , Strumidlo L , Teuton B , Updale E . Virtual Clinical Ethics Committee, case 7: what should we do when a pregnant mother consents to HIV testing then changes her mind before hearing the result? Clin Ethics 2007;2:113–20

Johnston C , Holt G . The legal and ethical implications of therapeutic privilege. Is it ever justified to withhold treatment implications from a competent patient? Clini Ethics 2006;1:156–41

Slowther A . The concept of autonomy and its interpretation in health care. Clin Ethics 2007;2:173–5

Hagerty RG , Butow PN , Ellis PM , Dimitry S , Tatersall MHN . Communicating prognosis in cancer care: a systematic review of the literature. Ann Oncol 2005;16:1005–53

Ruhnke GW , Wilson SR , Ethical decision making and patient autonomy: a comparison of physicians and patients in Japan and the United States. Chest 2000;118:1172–82

Chaturvedi SK . Ethical dilemmas in palliative care in traditional developing societies, with special reference to the Indian setting. J Med Ethics 2008;34:611–5

Montazeri A , Tavoli A , Mohagheghi MA , Roshan R , Tavoli Z . Disclosure of cancer diagnosis and quality of life in cancer patients; should it be the same everywhere? BMC Cancer 2009;9:39–47

McDougall RJ . Being one cog in a bigger machine: a qualitative study investigating the ethical challenges perceived by junior doctors. Clin Ethics 2009;4:85–90

Slowther A , Hundt G , Purkis J , Taylor R . Non UK qualified doctors and Good Medical Practice: the experience of working within a different professional framework. London: General Medical Council, 2009

Surbone A . Telling the truth to patients with cancer: what is truth? Lancet Oncol 2006;7:944–50

Kirklin D . Truth telling, autonomy and the role of metaphor. J Med Ethics 2007;33:11–14

Kirk P , Kirk I , Kristjanson J . What do patients receiving palliative care for cancer and their families want to be told. A Canadian and Australian qualitative study. BMJ 2004;328:1343–7

Deschepper R , Bernheim JL , Vander Stichele R . Truth telling at the end of life: a pilot study on the perspective of patients and professional care givers. Patient Educ Counsel 2008;71:52–6

Berry PA . The withholding of truth when counselling relatives of the critically ill: a rational defence. Clin Ethics 2008;3:42–5