Background Doctors in Iran traditionally prefer to discuss the diagnosis of cancer with family members instead of patients. They are concerned about the psychological impacts of diagnostic disclosure. So it becomes an ethically controversial issue in doctor patient relationship which is practiced differently in various cultures and countries. The aim of this cross sectional descriptive study wa...

Methods of obtaining informed consent have evolved differently in Western countries without substantive information on the impact of these different practices on the patients. A randomised study was performed to compare two commonly adopted methods of seeking consent to randomised treatment: an individual approach at the discretion of each doctor and a uniform policy of total disclosure of all ...

BACKGROUND A gap exists between patients' desire to be told about medical errors and present practice. Little is known about how physicians approach disclosure. The objective of the present study was to describe how physicians disclose errors to patients. METHODS Mailed survey of 2637 medical and surgical physicians in the United States (Missouri and Washington) and Canada (national sample). ...

Abstract Classical models of voluntary disclosure feature two economic forces: the existence an adverse selection problem (e.g., a manager possesses some private information) and cost ameliorating costs associated with disclosure). Traditionally these forces are modelled independently. In this paper, we use simple model to motivate empirical predictions in setting where jointly determined––wher...

Purpose The study aims to improve the understanding of online sustainability disclosure phenomena considering quantity and nature content information related disclosed in corporate website companies, providing evidence about different size companies characterizing Portuguese mold companies. Design/methodology/approach A analysis methodology was used websites 83 sample. direct approach followed ...

Full, on-time, and with Quality disclosure of financial information can lead to the transparency of such information and decreases information asymmetry. Among the published information of firms, earnings are of priority importance attended by many users; therefore, the issue of the transparency of accounting earnings is of high importance. The aim of this study is investigating the accounting ...