"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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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Truth Disclosure" by people in Profiles.
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Generating a taxonomy for genetic conditions relevant to reproductive planning. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Mar; 170(3):565-73.
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Measurement Is Essential for Improving Diagnosis and Reducing Diagnostic Error: A Report From the Institute of Medicine. JAMA. 2015 Dec 15; 314(23):2501-2.
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Primary care physicians' willingness to disclose oncology errors involving multiple providers to patients. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 10; 25(10):787-95.
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"My mother was 67. . . ". Arch Intern Med. 2012 Aug 13; 172(15):1132.
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More than words: patients' views on apology and disclosure when things go wrong in cancer care. Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Mar; 90(3):341-6.
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How trainees would disclose medical errors: educational implications for training programmes. Med Educ. 2011 Apr; 45(4):372-80.
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Parents' disclosure of their HIV infection to their children in the context of the family. AIDS Behav. 2010 Oct; 14(5):1095-105.
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Preferences regarding genetic research results: comparing veterans and nonveterans responses. Public Health Genomics. 2010; 13(7-8):431-9.
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Breaking bad news over the phone. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Sep 01; 80(5):520.
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Disclosing harmful mammography errors to patients. Radiology. 2009 Nov; 253(2):443-52.