BACKGROUND While medical ethics place a high value on providing truthful information to patients, disclosure practices are far from being the norm in many countries. Transmitting bad news still remains a big problem that health care professionals face in their every day clinical practice. AIMS Through the review of relevant literature, an attempt to examine the trends in this issue worldwide ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between age, HIV-related stigma, and patterns of disclosure. Previous literature has suggested that older age is associated with increased HIV stigma and less disclosure of HIV status. Eighty-eight individuals, 44 between the ages of 20-39 and 44 aged 50 and over were recruited for the study through an AIDS service organization in the P...

Starting from Cunningham et al.'s [Seizure 11 (2002) 500] attempt to develop a guideline for giving the diagnosis of childhood epilepsy, the paper discusses the specific difficulties emerging on the way towards a standardisation and development of guidelines for the disclosure of diagnosis. The major objective of disclosure is to enhance positive adaptation towards epilepsy and its associated s...

right of disclosure of artwork is one of the moral rights of author. according to that right, author entitled to decide about whether the artwork be published for public or not. mentioned right has expressly laid down in french law in order to protect of author rights and character. we can also deduce it from iranian law. for the purpose of improving iranian law related to that right, this rese...

objective: knowledge and attitude of parents about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is an important factor in management of the disorder in children. this study investigates the parents’ knowledge and attitude towards adhd, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. method: in this cross-sectional descriptive study, the subjects were 150 parents (120 mother and 30 father) ...