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Disclosure

Medical Definition:	Revealing of information, by oral or written communication.
Guide Notes:	TRUTH DISCLOSURE is also available
Also Called:	Financial Disclosure
Previously Indexed:	Truth Disclosure (1977-2001)

Disclosure Categories.

	Mandatory Reporting - A legal requirement that designated types of information acquired by professionals or institutions in the course of their work be reported to appropriate authorities.
	Parental Notification - Reporting to parents or guardians about care to be provided to a minor (MINORS).
	Truth Disclosure - Truthful revealing 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 embarassing to the teller (e.g., revelation of medical errors).
	Whistleblowing - The reporting of observed or suspected PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT or incompetence to appropriate authorities or to the public.

Disclosure Medical Definitions and Terms

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