Health Medical Homework Help. NUR 421 St Thomas University Culture and Truth Telling Discussion
Prognosis
In the Asian culture, there is often a belief that terminally ill patients should not be informed about their prognosis. Would you respect the cultural practice and not inform a patient about the prognosis? Is there a way for health care providers to balance the patient’s right to know with respect for the cultural practices and beliefs of the family? Is not fully disclosing information to the patient an ethical breach?
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts.
Reading: Ritter, L.A., Graham, D.H. (2017). Multicultural Health (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
ISBN: 9781284021028
Chapter 10
