ABSTRACT
By a ‘half-truth’ we mean a belief which doctors tend to have about their occupation, or about their abilities to affect their patients. The belief in question will not be entirely false, but it will not quite fit the facts or the realities of the situation as it exists, or there will be a correct diagnosis of a problem, but the method used to remedy will not be appropriate. We shall examine three such half-truths with implications for ethics; there are many more.
