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... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Human Rights > Patient Rights > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Forensic Psychiatry > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Social Control, Formal > Jurisprudence > Forensic Psychiatry > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Forensic Medicine > Forensic Psychiatry > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Criminology > Forensic Sciences > Forensic Medicine > Forensic Psychiatry > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Psychiatry > Forensic Psychiatry > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychiatry > Forensic Psychiatry > Confidentiality > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Psychology, Social > Interpersonal Relations > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Psychology, Social > Interpersonal Relations > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
Information Science > Communication > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Communication > Disclosure > Truth Disclosure

Preferred term

Truth Disclosure  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Truthful revelation of information, specifically when the information disclosed is likely to be psychologically painful ("bad news") to the recipient (e.g., revelation to a patient or a patient's family of the patient's DIAGNOSIS or PROGNOSIS) or embarrassing to the teller (e.g., revelation of medical errors).

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Entry terms

  • Disclosure, Truth

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