"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Truth Disclosure" by people in this website by year, and whether "Truth Disclosure" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Truth Disclosure" by people in Profiles.
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Comment on: Truth and truthiness: evidence, experience and clinical judgement in surgery. Br J Surg. 2021 12 01; 108(12):e417.
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Truth and truthiness: evidence, experience and clinical judgement in surgery. Br J Surg. 2021 07 23; 108(7):742-744.
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50 Years Ago in TheJournalofPediatrics: Shifting Attitudes toward the Disclosure of Serious Illness. J Pediatr. 2020 05; 220:48.
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Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19. Lancet. 2020 03 07; 395(10226):e42-e43.
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Network overlap and knowledge of a partner's HIV status among young men who have sex with men. AIDS Care. 2019 12; 31(12):1533-1539.
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Preferences for in-person disclosure: Patients declining telephone disclosure characteristics and outcomes in the multicenter Communication Of GENetic Test Results by Telephone study. Clin Genet. 2019 02; 95(2):293-301.
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Learning Through Experience: Influence of Formal and Informal Training on Medical Error Disclosure Skills in Residents. J Grad Med Educ. 2017 Feb; 9(1):66-72.
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Disclosure of Medical Error. JAMA. 2016 Aug 16; 316(7):764-5.
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Rethinking Normal: Benefits and Risks of Not Reporting Harmless Incidental Findings. J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Jul; 13(7):764-7.
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To tell or not to tell: attitudes of transplant surgeons and transplant nephrologists regarding the disclosure of recipient information to living kidney donors. Clin Transplant. 2015 Dec; 29(12):1203-12.