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/^t/At the outset let me begin by saying that for many people lying to a dying man seems to be the best way of easing the pain. A lie helps to keep the ill in a good psychical state. They do not lose hope and some doctors say that hope helps people to fight their diseases. Many patients fought a cancer just because they hoped they could live. Besides, not everybody is capable of telling their mother or father that they are going to die in a few months. In that cases a lie seems to be unavoidable.