Some people don’t: “Full-disclosure – especially about medical issues – is an American ideal that much of the rest of the world does not follow with nearly as much rigor. In many other cultures, withholding certain medical facts is not meant to be paternalistic, but instead to simply provide compassionate, worry-free medical care.”
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