BACKGROUND The observed cultural changes in truth-telling attitudes suggest a radical change in the practice of delivering information to cancer patients, but limited research is available from countries known for their policy of non-disclosure. This study estimates the proportion of Italian who died of cancer who had received information about diagnosis and prognosis, and explores the variable...

Doctors in different countries have various approaches to bioethical problems. Oncologists face ethical dilemmas during their daily practice with newly diagnosed cancer patients, particularly with regards to the disclosure of information about their diagnosis and prognosis. Medical literature suggests that most patients want to be told the truth about a diagnosis of cancer. 1,2 In Saudi Arabia ...

Affiliations: Drs. Winchester, Macfarlane, Thomas, and Price are affiliated with the University of Aberdeen. Financial/nonfinancial disclosures: Dr. Winchester is employed as a medical writer by Oxford PharmaGenesis Ltd. He and Oxford PharmaGenesis have received no industry funding for this research and are undertaking no industry-sponsored projects related to antibiotics or respiratory infecti...

A half-truth need not be a whole lie for insurance purposes; insurance law must distinguish between concealment and misrepresentation for equity and efficiency reasons. Reasonable disclosure should be the goal of underwriting, though what is “reasonable” should depend upon the insured’s degree of sophistication. This Comment argues that, whereas it may be equitable and efficient to relax the di...

OBJECTIVE Two studies examined the effects of the oath or reassurance ("truth induction") on 5- to 7-year-old maltreated children's true and false reports of a minor transgression. METHODS In both studies an interviewer elicited a promise to tell the truth, reassured children that they would not get in trouble for disclosing the transgression, or gave no instructions before questioning the ch...

self-disclosure, as communication of information about one's affects, behaviors, and cognitions, has been emphasized as one of the central issues of the psychotherapeutic process. verbal and nonverbal aspects of disclosure are important factors of psychotherapeutic communication, both for therapist and patient. this paper presents an account of the development and reliability of an observationa...