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16/11/17

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Originally posted by rememdium ↑

I was talking with a colleague the other day regarding a patient and a not so promising outlook and I mentioned to him the patients psychosocial challenges etc etc ... The reason I say this, is I knew at the moment in time the best option for them was to leave hospital with a positive outlook, rather than being pessimistic.

So I ask, if you were a patient, would you want to know the whole truth regardless of how much it may impact you?

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I would. Others wouldn’t.

Bearing in mind that in medicine there are very few absolutes. Just opinions.
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