"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Truth Disclosure" by people in Profiles.
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The Venezuelan health-care workers secretly collecting COVID stats. Nature. 2021 09; 597(7874):20-21.
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Why an Open Disclosure Procedure Is and Is not Followed After an Avoidable Adverse Event. J Patient Saf. 2021 09 01; 17(6):e529-e533.
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Transparent communication about negative features of COVID-19 vaccines decreases acceptance but increases trust. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 07 20; 118(29).
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How Accurate Are Accuracy-Nudge Interventions? A Preregistered Direct Replication of Pennycook et al. (2020). Psychol Sci. 2021 07; 32(7):1169-1178.
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Video-mediated breaking bad news simulation. Clin Teach. 2021 Aug; 18(4):424-430.
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Skills for communicating severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 result to patients and/or relatives. S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2021 05 13; 63(1):e1-e5.
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The COVID-19 pandemic: besides "post-truth" and "post-capitalism", should we also consider "post-education" and "post-reason"? J Glob Health. 2021 Apr 03; 11:01003.
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Breaking bad news to cancer patients in times of COVID-19. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Aug; 29(8):4195-4198.
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Medical disinformation and the unviable nature of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0245900.
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Guidance for Medical Ethicists to Enhance Social Cooperation to Mitigate the Pandemic. HEC Forum. 2021 Jun; 33(1-2):73-90.