##  [Principle of Veracity](/principle-veracity) 

  ##  [Principle of Veracity](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/principle-veracity-0) 

  

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Definition

The ethical obligation for clinicians and health organizations to provide truthful, accurate, and sufficiently complete information to patients and relevant stakeholders in a manner intelligible to them, so that recipients can make informed decisions; this obligation is qualified by considerations of capacity, appropriateness of timing, potential for harm, and legally permissible limits.