Dishonest doctors: Why physicians lie
By Dr. Otis Brawley, Special to CNN

updated 3:05 AM EST, Sat February 11, 2012


We all want to think of medicine as an honorable profession and that the people in it work with integrity, but a new survey shows that may not be exactly true.

"The survey found that although two-thirds of doctors agree they should share serious medical errors with their patients, one-third did not completely agree. Nearly two-fifths of the respondents said they did not disclose their financial relationships with drug and device companies. And more than 55% of physicians said they often or sometimes described a patient's prognosis in a more positive manner than the facts might support."

Full Article here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/11/health/dishonest-doctors-survey-brawley/index.html?hpt=he_c1