Published February 08, 2012, 04:21 PM
Study finds doctors not always honest with patients
More than half of doctors surveyed admitted describing someone's prognosis in a way they knew was too rosy. Nearly 20 percent said they hadn't fully disclosed a medical mistake for fear of being sued. And 1 in 10 of those surveyed said they'd told a patient something that wasn't true in the past year.By: Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer
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