Sharp conflicts are now arising. Patients are learning to press for answers. Patients' bills of rights require that they be informed about their condition and about alternatives for treatment. Many doctors go to great lengths to provide such information. Yet even in hospitals with the most eloquent bill of rights， believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices. Colleagues may disapprove but refrain from objecting. Nurses may bitterly resent having to take part， day after day， in deceiving patients， but feel powerless to take a stand.

    There is urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine， but in other professions as well， practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception. Yet the public has every reason to be wary of professional deception， for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted， to spread， and to erode trust. Neither in medicine， nor in law， government， or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying， "What you don't know can't hurt you."

    Phrases & Expressions

    go on （a trip， vacation）

    depart for the purpose of

    at times occasionally； now and then 间或；有时

    in one's eyes in one's opinion

    for one's （own） sake for one's own benefit 为了某人自己的利益

    slip into fall into； enter （esp. through carelessness） 陷入

    contrary to opposite to； despite

    in the first place firstly

    in the course of during during

    in the dark uninformed； ignorant 不知情，蒙在鼓里

    bring to a close end 结束，终止

    take leave （of）

    say goodbye （to）

    in the long run in the end； ultimately 从长远的观点看；最终

    go to great lengths do anything possible， however dangerous， unpleasant， wicked， etc. 不遗余力

    refrain from not do ， stop

    day after day each day

    take a/ one's stand declare one's position， loyalty， opinions， etc.， and be prepared to fight （for these opinions， etc.）表明立场、意见等