title: [Truth at the bedside in a historical overview].
abstract: To tell the truth and withhold information were old topics in the history of medicine, whereas the term 'informed consent' appeared first in 1957. The historical development manifests different standpoints and central dimensions in the perspective of medicine as well as of theology, philosophy, arts, jurisprudence and psychology and with regard to diagnosis, etiology, prognosis and therapy. Physicians and patients are parts of their society and culture and are therefore depending on the dominant types of communication and concepts of health, disease and death.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizin- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck.
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authors.lastname: von Engelhardt
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000266:history; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure
vernacular_title: Wahrheit am Krankenbett im geschichtlichen Uberblick.