The Pros And Cons Of Doctors Lawsuit

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Should a doctor warn you if you have a certain amount of time left to live? A doctor doesn't have the choice to tell you whether you're about to die or you're not he has to tell you because of the oath he is under once people become doctors they have to take an oath called the Hippocratic oath this oath is a famous oath taken by all physicians and doctors if they don't tell you they could be facing a lawsuit by the family of the affected one cause the person that could of had a couple minutes to live could have called his family to say goodbye or to tell them how much he loved them or how badly he wanted to hear their voices before he went on to the next world just so he could die remembering he was loved ,in addition another problem from

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