| Descriptor English: | Truth Disclosure | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Revelación de la Verdad                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Revelação da Verdade | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Révélation de la vérité | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Disclosure, Error Disclosure, Truth Disclosures, Error Disclosures, Truth Error Disclosure Error Disclosures Truth Disclosures  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        F01.829.401.046.800 I01.880.604.583.080.134.800  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014342 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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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| Annotation: | DISCLOSURE is also available | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        ES                                                            ethics | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Truth Disclosure (1974-2001) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 78 | 
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| History Note: | 78 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Access to Information
                                            MeSH                                             Patient Rights MeSH Professional-Patient Relations MeSH Risk Management MeSH  | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 14746 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D014342 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1978/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1977/04/22 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/01/09 | 
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                                        PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
 
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms - 
                                    
ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences 
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                        Truth Disclosure                                            
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                        Disclosure, Error                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0022056 | 
                                
| Scope note | 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). | 
| Preferred term | Truth Disclosure | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Disclosure, Truth                                                 Disclosures, Truth Truth Disclosures  | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M000599771 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Disclosure, Error | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Disclosures, Error                                                 Error Disclosure Error Disclosures  | 
                                
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