isclosure of truth to patients in end of life: attitude of patient's family in South east of Iran

patient in end of life is potentially threatening and disease is family event. Truth telling is quite related to culture. In Iran Role of family is important in care of end of life patients. The object of this study was to determine attitude of patient’s family towards truth telling in hospitals supervised by Kerman University of Medical Science in 2014.
This study employed an analytical cross sectional design. 124 patient’s family members enrolled. A self-designed questionnaire was developed. It consisted two parts: demographic information and attitude questions. Data were analyzed using SPSS 19 software and some statistical tests. results found attitude of family members toward truth telling in end of life is moderately positive(3/23±0/30).spouse and sister and brother of patient had more positive attitude toward truth telling(p=0/03).
Conclution: truth telling has psychological, social, ethical and cultural aspect. Today there is more positive attitude toward truth telling because of progress in medical science and people knowledge. Good family relations decrease distress of truth telling.