 | Medicine - 1847 - 446 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they •give useless anxiety...tend to diminish the authority of the physician, and expose him to be suspected of interested motives. the minister of hope and comfort to the sick ; that,... | |
 | R.B. Baker - Philosophy - 2007 - 243 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism,... | |
 | David G. Satin - Medical - 1994 - 514 pages
...this issue in his Medical Ethics of 1803, with particular reference to the disclosure of bad news: A Physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment of disease. But... | |
 | Winfried Schleiner - Europe - 1995 - 252 pages
...dissimulation or silence about expected deterioration of a patient's state of health is recommended: "A physician should not be forward, to make gloomy prognostications, because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment of disease" (p.... | |
 | Robert Baker - Medical - 1999 - 452 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism,... | |
 | Lilian R. Furst - Medical - 2000 - 334 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism,... | |
 | Robert M. Veatch - Cross-cultural comparison - 2000 - 404 pages
...unclouded head, may be essential to the well being, and even to the life, of a fellow-creature. III. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in die treatment or cure of the... | |
 | Jay Katz - Health & Fitness - 2002 - 318 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary visits are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism,... | |
 | Edward J. Huth, T. J. Murray - Health & Fitness - 2006 - 597 pages
...wisest prophets make sure of the event first. Letters. To Thomas Walpole Thomas Percival; 1803 2698 A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications; because they savour of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the... | |
 | 1868 - 600 pages
...change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary vists are to be avoided, as they give useless anxiety to...him liable to be suspected of interested motives. § 4. A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostigations, because they savor of empiricism,... | |
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Frequent visits to the sick are in general requisite, since they enable the physician to arrive at a more perfect knowledge of the disease, to meet promptly every change which may occur, and also tend to preserve the confidence of the patient. But unnecessary... 
