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There's a painful downside in knowing you have cancer, but that doesn't mean a doctor can (or should) withhold that information from you.

• Dylan16807 11y ago
  You already know if you have cancer. The doctor not only can withhold information about your neighbor, they are mandated to.
  • Retra 11y ago
    You're taking the wrong part of that analogy. My point is that it is not the doctors responsibility to withhold information in the name of protecting me from "painful feelings." Other patient's health information isn't relevant to me. Other employee's pay is.
    • Dylan16807 11y ago
      Can you explain why anonymous pay info isn't good enough? I'm not saying that hurt feelings should override important info, but if the info isn't important, and it's not about you, then maybe hurt feelings should be considered.
      • Retra 11y ago
        If I want to improve my (or my company's) ability to make decisions, I need to know how the decisions are made, including knowledge about what is valued. Let's say I'm playing a game of poker. I know what my hand is, but nobody else's. You are telling me that I am advantaged simply by knowing the odds associated with my hand. Great. Except my opponent across the table can see everyone's hand. And they are telling me I should go all in. That's why anonymous info isn't good enough: it's only anonymous to the losers.
        • Dylan16807 11y ago
          In poker the hands of everyone else directly affect you. This is more like knowing everyone else's hands in blackjack.