##  [Principle of Therapeutic Privilege](/principle-therapeutic-privilege) 

  ##  [Principle of Therapeutic Privilege](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/principle-therapeutic-privilege-0) 

  

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Definition

A narrow clinical ethical exception allowing clinicians, in exceptional and foreseeable circumstances, to withhold specific information from a patient when disclosure would objectively and imminently cause significant harm to the patient’s health or decision‑making capacity and when no reasonable, less‑restrictive alternatives exist; it requires justification, proportionality, documentation, and r