Department of Nursing, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
He is currently working as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing. His research interests includes Advanced Practice Nursing, Critical Care Nursing,Clinical Teaching, Clinical Decision Making. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. He/ She has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to Nursing.
Mini Review
Right to know or Request to Withhold: Which should be Honored?
Author(s): Tahmina Bano*, Adnan Yaqoob and Khudija Mushtaq
A 45 y old male patient was admitted to ICU with CA stomach which metastasized to other body organs. He did not
know about the disease and asked Health Care Provider (HCP) many times about his condition, but HCP did not
tell him. Because, his family wanted to keep it confidential. After one month, the patient dies due to poor prognosis.
If HCP have told him before his death, he might have been able to accomplish his important tasks. In this case, the
reason behind the family’s decision of keeping the diagnosis confidential to patient could be in a way that family
thought that patient will be unable to cope after disclosure of actual diagnosis. .. View more»