Search on:
TRUTH DISCLOSURE
Descriptors Found:
1
Displaying:
1 .. 1
1 / 1
DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Truth Disclosure
Descriptor
Spanish
:
divulgación veraz
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Revelação da Verdade
Synonyms
English
:
Disclosure, Error
Disclosure, Truth
Disclosures, Error
Disclosures, Truth
Error Disclosure
Error Disclosures
Truth Disclosures
Tree Number:
F01.829.401.046.800
I01.880.604.583.080.134.800
Definition
English
:
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
).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
DISCLOSURE
is also available
See Related
English
:
Access to Information
Patient Rights
Professional-Patient Relations
Risk Management
History Note
English
:
78
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
ES
ethics
Record Number:
14746
Unique Identifier:
D014342
Occurrence in VHL
:
Similar:
DeCS