The doctor is being paternalistic. He's deciding what information the patient needs to know.
那位医生很专断，患者需要了解什么信息全由他说了算。
All of this may sound paternalistic, but it works.
这一切听起来有些家长式的，但却很有效。
Even Dr Eccles agrees: "in England we have a paternalistic approach akin to a parent-child relationship."
即使是Eccles博士也同意道：“在英国，我们有着类似反映家长—小孩关系的家长式制度。”
Yet necessary public-health interventions are by nature paternalistic: think fluoridation of municipal water supplies, compulsory vaccinations and mandatory reporting of communicable diseases.
必要的公共卫生干预本质上就是家长式的：比如市政供水加氟处理、强制接种疫苗和法定传染病报告机制。
In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic stance, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high, but that is becoming increasingly untenable.
在过去，无所不知的医生高高在上，医药也是一个基于家长式关系上的产物。但这一做法越来越站不住脚。
In the past medicine has taken a paternalistic stance, with the all-knowing physician dispensing wisdom from on high, but that is becoming increasingly untenable.
在过去，无所不知的医生高高在上，医药也是一个基于家长式关系上的产物。但这一做法越来越站不住脚。
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