I think that lying in protection of some ones life, as Rafae stated, should only be made in the good judgement of that person themselves. Lying in small situations only shows innocence and poor judgment to make the right decisions. Most often however, lying itself is the wrong decision, only rarely can lying be considered the right thing to do, and again, if it is a life or death matter, the person themselves must decide whether they want to face reality (the truth) or fiction (the lies).

Tanveer Mostafa wrote:
> If it's ok to lie for the right reasons, what reasons can you think of for when it is ok to lie, or what situations have you personally been in (if any) that you have lied for the "right reason".

In this situation, the man should be asked if he wants to hear straight away and the doctors should know and understand the immediate phycological impacts on sharing the truth straight away, and they would understand when a more appropriate time would be to prevent the man from dying in shock.

Jeff Ratliff wrote:
> A man and his wife are in a car wreck; the wife is killed. The man has just come out of surgery. He is in bad shape, and needs to rest. His doctor has seen patients in similar conditions suffer heart attacks when told bad news. The man asks if his wife is all right. Is it OK for the doctor to lie?