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Why is truth important? One reason is this: having access to true information about matters concerning oneself is important because of its intimate connection with autonomy and agency. Agency is the ability to act. Individual persons are agents; groups of people can also be agents. But the agency of a person or a group can be impaired or diminished. (In section 5.3 above we noted the suggestion that the medical assistant role diminishes the nurse’s agency.
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Brown, J.M., Kitson, A.L., McKnight, T.J. (1992). To tell the truth?. In: Challenges in Caring. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4529-7_7
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