truth disclosure

Preferred Label : truth disclosure;

MeSH 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).;

MeSH synonym : disclosures, truth; truth disclosures; disclosure, truth;

MeSH hyponym : Disclosure, Error; Disclosures, Error; Error Disclosure; Error Disclosures;

MeSH annotation : DISCLOSURE is also available;

Details

Origin ID

D014342;

UMLS CUI

C0041210;

Allowable qualifiers
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Truth telling (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- communicator [Q-code]
Ne pas confondre avec
- duty to warn [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Disclosure, Error [MeSH concept]
- truth disclosure [MeSH concept]
See also
- access to information [MeSH Descriptor]
- patient rights [MeSH Descriptor]
- physician-patient relations [MeSH Descriptor]
- professional-patient relations [MeSH Descriptor]
- risk management [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Individual Behavior [UMLS semantic type]

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