The bazar is the stage of ethical contestation, and place laying claim to Truth; it becomes Holy Altar Sacrifice. It ultimate witnessing, shahādat, or martyrdom which essentially witnessing Truth in form submission self into Self, a sublimation soul Soul, finding contingent being Absolute Being, journey from wujūd Wujūd. But that submission, paradoxically, must also be witnessed so can known, t...

BACKGROUND Healthcare-related errors cause patient morbidity and mortality. Despite fear of reprimand, laboratory personnel have a professional obligation to rapidly report major medical errors when they are identified. Well-defined protocols regarding how and when to disclose a suspected error by a colleague do not exist. PATIENT We describe a woman with a well documented allergy to sulfamet...

BACKGROUND There are important differences regarding cancer disclosure in various geographical populations (Europeans, Western Asia, Eastern Asia), depending on multiple sociocultural factors, and therefore, there is no standard protocol on this issue, especially in Iran. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the amount of information that Iranian patients have and their preference for the disclosure of the...

Should a well-intentioned advisor always tell the whole truth? In standard economics, the answer is yes (Blackwell (1953)), but in the world of psychological preferences (Geanakoplos, Pearce, and Stacchetti (1989))—where a listener’s state of mind has a direct impact on his well-being—things are not so simple. In this paper, we study how a benevolent principal should disclose information to a p...

background disclosure of hiv is important for improving self-care behaviors, psychological well-being, commitment to the treatment, and reducing risk of transmission. one of the major benefits of disclosure is social support, which is an essential resource for effective coping with hiv infection. however, receiving any social support requires disclosing of hiv status. objectives this study aime...

In the following reflections on the understanding of truth in regard to Christian faith (or even in regard to religious faith, experience, and language in general), I advocate a relational interpretation of truth. Truth in that sense is understood not primarily as an intellectual assertion but as a qualification of a dynamic, existential, personal relation. Truth is the trustworthiness of that ...