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Japanese Attitudes Towards Truth Disclosure in Cancer
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 1994Despite the increasing concerns of truth disclosure, most cancer patients are not told the truth about their disease in Japan. The author has tried to provide some insight into this issue by evaluating results from questionnaires given to hospital patients, clients in a mass cancer survey, and doctors of a college hospital.
Noritoshi Tanida, N Tanida
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Cancer Truth Disclosure by Lebanese Doctors
Social Science & Medicine, 1998Truthful disclosure of cancer diagnosis is still uncommon in some cultures. In Lebanon, legislation is permissive of non-disclosure. Physicians choose the recourse most agreeable to them. This study's goal was to determine the proportion of Lebanese physicians who choose truthful diagnosis disclosure to cancer patients and to identify factors affecting
Ghassan Hamadeh
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Truthful Disclosure of Information
The Bell Journal of Economics, 1982This article is about disclosure of quality. The question that it seeks to answer is: Does the free market offer enough incentive for business to disclose? The article concludes that whether information is of purely private value or not, more than the socially-optimal amount of disclosure takes place.
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Does the rule for voluntary disclosure induce truthful disclosure?
Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2008This article demonstrates how Rule 10b-5 of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act fails to induce voluntary disclosure. We show that company owners may deter the disclosure policy for their financing decisions. While there is a link between the way in which firms raise external capital and the information which their firms disclose, we show that the ...
Chen-Wen Chen, Victor W. Liu
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Truth-telling and Turner Syndrome: The Importance of Diagnostic Disclosure
The Journal of Pediatrics, 2006A targeted analysis with transcript data from previous research was designed to study the perceived effects of secret-keeping on individuals with Turner syndrome (TS).Girls and women (n = 97) and 21 parents participated in the initial interview study.
Sutton, Erica J. +5 more
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Imprecise information disclosure and truthful certification
European Economic Review, 2016Abstract This article studies the interaction of information disclosure and reputational concerns in certification markets. We argue that by revealing information less precisely, a certifier reduces the threat of capture because this reduces her gains from selling fraudulent certificates. As a result, only imprecise disclosure rules are implementable
Martin Pollrich, Lilo Wagner
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A Critique of Hermeneutic Truth as Disclosure
International Studies in Philosophy, 2001Etude de la conception heideggerienne de la revelation utilisee par Gadamer dans sa definition de la verite hermeneutique. Examinant l'essence de la verite dans «Etre et temps» et dans les ecrits ulterieurs de Heidegger, l'A. montre que la metaphore du jeu etablit chez Gadamer un lien entre la verite et l'interpretation qui limite la sphere de l ...
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Managerial reporting discretion and the truthfulness of disclosures
Economics Letters, 1992Abstract In a single period agency model in which the agent has some discretion regarding how to report his performance, we provide conditions on the type of discretion and production technology under which reporting can be useful in contracting only if the agent is permitted to misstate his performance.
Arya, Anil +2 more
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The dilemma of truth disclosure: Stoke-on-Trent, England
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 1997Two case studies are used to demonstrate the continuing dilemma experienced by some doctors in the United Kingdom—whether or not to disclose to cancer patients their diagnosis. The two schools of thought concerning truth disclosure are discussed, together with the ethical implications and differences in views as a result of culture.
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Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2014
Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients is a prominent component of the patient safety movement. Patients expect it and safety agencies and experts advocate its implementation. Obstetrics presents unique challenges to carrying out disclosure recommendations: childbirth is a life-changing, emotionally charged, and dynamic family event ...
Leslie, Carranza +5 more
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Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients is a prominent component of the patient safety movement. Patients expect it and safety agencies and experts advocate its implementation. Obstetrics presents unique challenges to carrying out disclosure recommendations: childbirth is a life-changing, emotionally charged, and dynamic family event ...
Leslie, Carranza +5 more
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