Psychiatry and Psychology

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).

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Abstract

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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7 entry terms
  • Disclosure, Truth
  • Disclosures, Truth
  • Truth Disclosures
  • Disclosure, Error
  • Disclosures, Error
  • Error Disclosure
  • Error Disclosures

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1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings ethics.

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DISCLOSURE is also available

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Truth Disclosure (1974-2001)

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  1. F01.829w.401w.046.800w
  2. I01w.880w.604.583w.080w.134.800w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Truth Disclosure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014342. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014342
  2. Truth Disclosure. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confession
  3. Truth Disclosure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847337