2007-01-09 05:26:25 · 7 answers · asked by Intellithug 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
No - unless your lying to avoid another operation.
2007-01-09 05:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an interesting question. Older people especially can have cognitive changes after surgery -- cardiac surgery is especially bad. Of course if there was an accident and a brain injury, that could cause huge changes. Maybe the person isn't as skilled in sorting the risks and benefits of lying as s/he used to be. If you're a close family member, maybe you could get the patient to give permission to talk to the doctor.
I'm not really experienced in working with head injury patients, but people with dementia can exhibit something called "confabulation." I don't think of it in the same category as lying -- it's more like the individual can't remember what really happened so they "make something up." This is more common among people with Korsakoff's syndrome, a form of alcoholic dementia.
2007-01-09 05:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by rcpeabody1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they are lying about having the operation.
2007-01-09 05:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Soundjata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless they have an operation on that part of the brain. (I don't think so anyway!)
2007-01-09 05:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by zaytox0724 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not!
But it might be used as an excuse to jusitify the behavior.
2007-01-09 05:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by AnnieD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whatever surgery it is, my ex-boyfriend must have had it.
2007-01-09 05:30:29 · answer #6 · answered by Dayne's gal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lobotomy maybe!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-09 05:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋