Analysis Of Joseph Collins Should Doctors Tell The Truth

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Critical Discussion After reading Should Doctors Tell the Truth by Joseph Collins, I started steer away from Collins views. I disagree with Collins thesis because it isn’t permissible to take control of anyone’s autonomy whether or not it’s in his or her best interest. Collins argument was for doctors to act in paternalistic lies. Paternalistic lies are lies that are told in someone best interest. A lot of times this act occurs between parents and children. The fact of the matter is this applies in the same way. As a medical professional doctors are believed to be in the right almost all the time, which is why patient try to follow doctors advice. In Lying and lies to the Sick and Dying by Sissla Bok, Bok argues it is not all right to lie

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