TY  - JOUR
T1  - NO pretending not to know
AU  - Rokey R, Rolak LA, Vick G, III
Y1  - 1989/03/03
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1989.03420090040013
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1276
EP  - 1276
VL  - 261
IS  - 9
N2  - To the Editor.— 
    Regarding the article "No Pretending Not to Know,"1 we feel that Dr Brown, as a consultant, has made an error in judgment by revealing unfavorable diagnostic and prognostic information to a patient who directly asked him the results of an examination that he had just performed. He defends his revelation as justifiable because to do otherwise and "lie" would be improper, and "it was what any physician would have done." We would not have done so.Dr Brown obviously is aware of the traditional arguments against such revelations because he enumerates them by admitting that he is not the patient's primary physician, not familiar with all the details of her case, not knowledgeable of almost any of the events leading to his contact with her, and not aware of who, if anyone, will discuss the results and implications of this test with her. He feels that
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420090040013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1989.03420090040013
ER  -