Truth Disclosure

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).

Year introduced: 1978

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Tree Number(s): F01.829.401.046.800, I01.880.604.583.080.134.800

MeSH Unique ID: D014342

Entry Terms:

• Disclosures, Truth
• Truth Disclosures
• Disclosure, Truth
• Disclosure, Error
• Disclosures, Error
• Error Disclosure
• Error Disclosures

Previous Indexing:

• Truth Disclosure (1974-2001)

See Also:

• Professional-Patient Relations
• Risk Management
• Access to Information
• Patient Rights

All MeSH Categories
Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Psychology, Social
Interpersonal Relations
Disclosure
Truth Disclosure
Duty to Warn

All MeSH Categories
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Category
Social Sciences
Sociology
Social Control, Formal
Jurisprudence
Confidentiality
Disclosure
Truth Disclosure
Duty to Warn