background and purpose: respecting confidentiality of documents and medical information about individuals, as one of the most important issues in medicine, guarantees patients' trust in the health system. therefore, this study is an attemp to design a valid and reliable tool to assess knowledge and attitudes of medical students about  the principles of  confidentiality and disclosure of patient...

BACKGROUND The release of the report 'To err is human' put medical safety and the disclosure of errors to the forefront of the health care agenda. Disclosure of medical errors by physicians is vital in this process. We studied the role of background and social psychological factors in internists' willingness to report medical errors. METHODS Survey among a random sample of internists from fiv...

This study develops a theoretical model in which the voluntary disclosure of earnings forecast is a double-edged sword. Such disclosure may reduce the information asymmetry between investors and firms but simultaneously allows entrepreneurs create hype. Beginning from 2005 the disclosures of financial forecasts for Taiwanese public companies have not been mandatory, with firms being able to dec...

companies must publish financial reports on time. when market information is more important and this information is used to shape more effective decision-making. although most companies, financial reports required by the authorities at intervals determined speak but at the same time, it can be claimed that the delay in publishing the financial reports of a company to another company, the differ...

An increase in quality and detail of publicly available databases increases the risk of disclosure of sensitive personal information contained in such databases. The goal of Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC) is to develop methodology that aims at minimizing disclosure risk while providing society with as much information as possible needed for valid statistical inference. The Post Randomizat...

introduction: hospitals are responsible to respond to legitimate demands for health information release while protecting the confidentiality of patient health records. this study investigated and compared laws and policies of health information disclosure for legal authorities in iran and some selected countries. methods: this descriptive-comparative study included health information disclosure...