Telling patients that you know what is best for them

Getting patient’s relatives involved

Telling patients that they can choose their management option

Telling patients that they need to make a decision because you are busy

Discuss patient values and health-related goals

Anger or irritability when questioned closely about symptoms such as pain

Aggressively complaining about a need for a drug

Abnormalities on blood investigations or radiology

Asking for specific drugs by name

Claiming multiple allergies to alternative drugs

Poorer communication with healthcare workers

Poorer adherence to medical recommendations

Poorer school performance

Reluctance to seek medical advice

Poorer growth of children

Giving knowledge and informing the patient

Informing the patient’s family before talking to the patient

Setting up the interview

Assessing the patient’s perception

Strategy and summary

Doctors are never exempt from telling their patients the truth

If the doctor feels uncomfortable giving bad news

If the patient consciously states that they don’t want to know the complete truth

If a family member has asked you in advance, not to tell the patient if they have a terminal disease

If the doctor feels that withholding the truth would make the patient happier or more comfortable

right to decide when to terminate a therapeutic relationship with a patient

The right for patients to decide how much information they want to receive

The right for patients to know all relevant information about their condition

The ability of a patient to make an autonomous decision about their treatment preferences

The withholding of relevant health information from the patient if nondisclosure is believed to be in the best interests of the patient

It is best to communicate the worst-case scenario first

Doctors only need to tell patients about interventions they think will work

Doctors have a moral duty to be completely truthful about conditions and treatments

Doctors can let the family decide how much a patient should be told

Assume that most patient do not want to know the complete truth unless they asked for it specifically

Professional misconduct

Informed consent

Capacity

Incorporating complementary medicine

Truth telling and disclosure