Doctors sometimes lie to their patients. Is it ever OK?

Doctors shouldn’t lie to their patients, even now when the parsing of words and the telling of white lies is common at the highest level of our government. But they do it all the time — sometimes for personal reasons but most of the time for what they believe is the good of their patients.
As a neonatologist and a pediatric cardiologist, we know that truth and honesty are key parts of the foundation of the doctor-patient relationship. “Commitment to honesty with patients” is a primary responsibility for physicians set out in the Charter on Medical Professionalism.
Yet physicians — including us — do lie.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/nana-matoba-and-angira-patel" rel="tag" > Nana Matoba, MD and Angira Patel, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Primary Care Source Type: blogs