White lie during patient care: a qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives

Abstract Background Keeping the patients well and fully informed about diagnosis, prognosis, and treatments is one of the patient’s rights in any healthcare system. Although all healthcare providers have the same viewpoint about rendering the truth in treatment process, sometimes the truth is not to...

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Main Authors: A. Nikbakht Nasrabadi, S. Joolaee, E. Navab, M. Esmaeili, M. Shali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-020-00528-9