"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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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 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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White AA, King AM, D'Addario AE, Brigham KB, Bradley JM, Gallagher TH, Mazor KM. Crowdsourced Feedback to Improve Resident Physician Error Disclosure Skills: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 08 01; 7(8):e2425923.
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Smulowitz P. The illusion of perfection. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 04; 29(4):345-347.
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Varghese TK, Entwistle JW, Mayer JE, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Sade RM. Ethical standards for cardiothoracic surgeons' participation in social media. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 10; 158(4):1139-1143.
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Peponis T, Baekgaard JS, Bohnen JD, Han K, Lee J, Saillant N, Fagenholz P, King DR, Velmahos GC, Kaafarani HMA. Are surgeons reluctant to accurately report intraoperative adverse events? A prospective study of 1,989 patients. Surgery. 2018 09; 164(3):525-529.
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Elwy AR, Itani KM, Bokhour BG, Mueller NM, Glickman ME, Zhao S, Rosen AK, Lynge D, Perkal M, Brotschi EA, Sanchez VM, Gallagher TH. Surgeons' Disclosures of Clinical Adverse Events. JAMA Surg. 2016 11 01; 151(11):1015-1021.
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Moffatt-Bruce SD, Ferdinand FD, Fann JI. Patient Safety: Disclosure of Medical Errors and Risk Mitigation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Aug; 102(2):358-62.
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Lamba S, Bryczkowski S, Tyrie L, Weissman DE, Mosenthal AC. Death Disclosure and Delivery of Difficult News in Trauma #305. J Palliat Med. 2016 05; 19(5):566-7.
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Mazor K, Roblin DW, Greene SM, Fouayzi H, Gallagher TH. 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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Anderson WG, Cimino JW, Ernecoff NC, Ungar A, Shotsberger KJ, Pollice LA, Buddadhumaruk P, Carson SS, Curtis JR, Hough CL, Lo B, Matthay MA, Peterson MW, Steingrub JS, White DB. A multicenter study of key stakeholders' perspectives on communicating with surrogates about prognosis in intensive care units. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Feb; 12(2):142-52.
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Stain SC, Schwarz E, Shadduck PP, Shah PC, Ross SB, Hori Y, Sylla P. A comprehensive process for identifying and managing conflicts of interest reduced perceived bias at a specialty society annual meeting. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2015; 35 Suppl 1:S33-5.