Astanga Hrudaya
कथयेन्न च पृष्टोऽपि दुःश्रवं मरणं भिषक् । गतासोर्बन्धुमित्राणां न चेच्चेत्तं चिकित्सितुम् ॥ १२९ ॥
The physician should not inform the details of the death of the patient to the patient’s family and friends The physician, though questioned, should not inform the details of the death of the patient to the relatives and friends of the patient whose life span has diminished (who are liable to become grief stricken get shocked by the news) and also should not desire to treat them (patients whose life span has been completed).
english translation
kathayenna ca pRSTo'pi duHzravaM maraNaM bhiSak । gatAsorbandhumitrANAM na ceccettaM cikitsitum ॥ 129 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript