Metastatic Endometrial Adenocarcinoma Is in سلامة المرضى والوقاية والأخلاقيات — 61yo Woman | Ethics | SMLE Q#16544
SMLE Question #16544
سلامة المرضى والوقاية والأخلاقيات
Ethics
Objective: OBJ-243
Last updated: February 2026
A 61-year-old woman with metastatic endometrial adenocarcinoma is alert, oriented, and demonstrates intact decision-making capacity. Before you meet her to discuss results and management, her family asks to speak to you alone and requests that you not tell her she has cancer, saying it would make her lose hope. They ask you to describe it as a chronic gynecologic problem and offer to sign paperwork requesting nondisclosure. What is the most appropriate physician response?
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