Should physicians fake diagnoses to help their patients?

Are fake diagnoses and false or misleading certificates permissible means of helping patients? This question is examined in relation to four examples from Swedish health care: the sterilisation case, the asylum case, the virginity case, and the adoption case.We argue that both consequentialist and d...

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Authors: Helgesson, G. (Author) ; Lynöe, N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2008
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 133-136
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