Benjamin Freedman | Offering Truth: One Ethical Approach to the Uninformed Cancer Patient
Freedman details an approach to ameliorating the tensions that can arise among and between health-care providers, patients, and family members over disclosing the truth about cancer diagnoses, particularly in cases in which the family's cultural background does not include Western medicine. His "offering truth" approach allows patients to determine exactly how much truth about a diagnosis they are willing to hear. Family members are generally happy to accept a patient's own desires in this matter.
-In cases of diagnosis concealment, the important thing is to maintain the ___________ of the physician while respecting the cultural requirements of families.
A) appearance of respectability
B) paternalism
C) accepted ethical standards
D) Superior position

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The correct answer is "accepted ethical standards" because the approach aims to balance truth-telling with cultural sensitivity, maintaining ethical standards in medical practice.