"Truth Disclosure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Truthful revelation of information, specifically when the information disclosed is likely to be psychologically painful ("bad news") to the recipient (e.g., revelation to a patient or a patient's family of the patient's DIAGNOSIS or PROGNOSIS) or embarrassing to the teller (e.g., revelation of medical errors).
| Descriptor ID |
D014342
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.401.046.800 I01.880.604.583.080.134.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Truth Disclosure- Truth Disclosure
- Disclosures, Truth
- Truth Disclosures
- Disclosure, Truth
Disclosure, Error- Disclosure, Error
- Disclosures, Error
- Error Disclosure
- Error Disclosures
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Truth Disclosure" by people in Profiles.
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Merrigan JL. Educating Emergency Department Nurses About Miscarriage. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2018 Jan/Feb; 43(1):26-31.
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Walsh KA. "Normalizing" Intersex Didn't Feel Normal or Honest to Me. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2015; 5(2):119-22.
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Laine EE. How to lessen the risk of dental malpractice. Pa Dent J (Harrisb). 2014 Mar-Apr; 81(2):22-5.
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Chamberlain CJ, Koniaris LG, Wu AW, Pawlik TM. Disclosure of "nonharmful" medical errors and other events: duty to disclose. Arch Surg. 2012 Mar; 147(3):282-6.
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Housri N, Coombs M, Orandi BJ, Pawlik TM, Koniaris LG. Ethics and the law: is there common ground on informed consent for disparities in hospital outcomes? Ann Intern Med. 2011 Aug 16; 155(4):260-4.
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Chervenak FA, McCullough LB, Brent RL. The perils of the imperfect expectation of the perfect baby. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Aug; 203(2):101.e1-5.
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Collins ME, Block SD, Arnold RM, Christakis NA. On the prospects for a blame-free medical culture. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov; 69(9):1287-90.
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Collins ME, Block SD, Arnold RM, Christakis NA. Responsibility and reflection: understanding our responses to perceived errors. A response to Woodward, Lemer and Wu. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Nov; 69(9):1294-5.
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Pierce SR, Lauer RT, Prosser LA, Mohamed FB, Dougherty JB, Faro SH, Betz RR. Incidental findings during functional magnetic resonance imaging: ethical and procedural issues. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 Apr; 88(4):275-7.
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Sorokin R, Riggio JM, Hwang C. Attitudes about patient safety: a survey of physicians-in-training. Am J Med Qual. 2005 Mar-Apr; 20(2):70-7.