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Provide a consequentialist argument for confidentiality.

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The only arguments for confidentiality are consequentialist arguments.

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A doctor who withholds crucial facts about a patient's diagnosis and avoids precise statements about their prognosis to protect them mentally and emotionally is

Physicians agree that the obligation to respect confidentiality is absolute.

Imagine you are a physician. You tell your patient she has tested positive for HIV and that she should tell her spouse, who could become infected through sexual intercourse. She says she will not disclose her HIV status to anyone. You consider whether you ought to reveal this information to her spouse, and so are balancing your duty to confidentiality against a duty

The Following Questions For Readings: "Confidentiality in Medicine-A Decrepit Concept," Mark Siegler -According to Siegler, confidentiality is important because it shows respect for the patient's individuality and privacy and nurtures

The obligation of truth-telling has been enshrined in codes of medical ethics from ancient times.

The Following Questions For Readings: "On Telling Patients the Truth," Mack Lipkin -According to Lipkin, it is usually impossible to tell patients the whole truth because

The law reflects an absolutist view of confidentiality.

Disclosure of confidential medical information has exposed some patients to discrimination from insurance companies and employers.

The obligation of confidentiality has been enshrined in codes of medical ethics from ancient times.

Moral dilemmas about disclosure and truth-telling in medicine often involve conflicts between a physician's duty to do no harm and the obligation of veracity.

A(n) _______ might argue that the greatest amount of good is produced when physicians tell patients the truth about their condition with care and sensitivity. So, physicians have a duty to truth-telling.

In Kantian ethics, the morality of truth-telling and confidentiality are unambiguous.

Kantian ethics implies an unambiguous duty to truth-telling and confidentiality.

The Following Questions For Readings: "Confidentiality in Medicine-A Decrepit Concept," Mark Siegler -Siegler argues that in this era of high-tech health care, the traditional ideal of patient-physician confidentiality

Imagine you are an ER doctor. An adult patient comes in with serious injuries and is the apparent victim of abuse. You consider whether you ought to reveal this information to authorities, and so are balancing your duty to confidentiality against a duty

Confidentiality concerns patients imparting information to health professionals who promise, implicitly or explicitly, not to disclose that information to others.

The Following Questions For Readings: Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, Supreme Court of California -In the Tarasoff case, the court said that the risk that unnecessary warnings may be given is

Explain how act- and rule-utilitarian arguments regarding the morality of truth-telling would differ.