TRUTH TELLING IN MEDICINE What are the expectations of truth telling in medicine?Should health care personnel always tell the truth? What is Collins position? How is truth telling related to outcomes? In your view under what conditions,if any should they lie. In medicine, truth telling is a crucial virtue of health-care specialists and it links to the respect for persons.Truth telling in medicine refers to the practice of medicine personnel being open forthright with the patients with the intention to encourage legitimacy in doctor-patient relationship (Jonsen, 1999)