Helium.com | Medical Ethics | Should doctors tell a patient they have a terminal illness if the family requests otherwise? http://www.helium.com/knowledge/286305-if-the-family-asks-the-doctor-not-to-tell-a-patient-he-is-going-to-die-should-the-doctor-honor-wish.xml Helium.com > Medical Ethics > Should doctors tell a patient they have a terminal illness if the family requests otherwise? en-us Copyright Helium.com Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:06:29 GMT Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:06:29 GMT As an R.N. perhaps I should have a medically based opinion on such a subject but I don't. My opinion is based on personal experience. My grandmoth... http://www.helium.com/items/1672968-if-the-family-asks-the-doctor-not-to-tell-a-patient-he-is-going-to-die-should-the-doctor-honor-wish Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:02:40