title: Is truth telling to the patient a cultural artifact?
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
mesh_terms: D026686:Beneficence; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D030881:Disclosure; D028781:Ethical Relativism; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012945:Social Values; D014342:Truth Disclosure