"Truth Disclosure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Truthful revelation of information, specifically when the information disclosed is likely to be psychologically painful ("bad news") to the recipient (e.g., revelation to a patient or a patient's family of the patient's DIAGNOSIS or PROGNOSIS) or embarrassing to the teller (e.g., revelation of medical errors).
| Descriptor ID |
D014342
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.401.046.800 I01.880.604.583.080.134.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Truth Disclosure- Truth Disclosure
- Disclosures, Truth
- Truth Disclosures
- Disclosure, Truth
Disclosure, Error- Disclosure, Error
- Disclosures, Error
- Error Disclosure
- Error Disclosures
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Truth Disclosure".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Truth Disclosure".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Truth Disclosure" by people in this website by year, and whether "Truth Disclosure" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 1998 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2008 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2017 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Truth Disclosure" by people in Profiles.
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Breaking Bad News to Learners: How Well Does the SPIKES Clinical Model Translate? Perspect Med Educ. 2024; 13(1):684-692.
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Experiences and preferences of women with CAH and parents about disclosure of childhood surgery. J Pediatr Urol. 2025 Feb; 21(1):78-86.
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Disclosure of Possible Trial Termination to Participants of Interventional Clinical Trials. JAMA. 2023 04 04; 329(13):1116-1117.
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Communicating bad news to patients and families in African oncology settings. Psychooncology. 2023 01; 32(1):47-57.
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Preferences and Perceptions of Medical Error Disclosure Among Marginalized Populations: A Narrative Review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022 10; 48(10):539-548.
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Classifying and Disclosing Medical Errors. Med Clin North Am. 2022 Jul; 106(4):675-687.
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Gender Disparity in Lead Authorship Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: No News Is Bad News? J Gen Intern Med. 2022 08; 37(11):2908-2910.
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Disclosure to South African children about their own HIV status over time. AIDS Care. 2023 03; 35(3):334-340.
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The surgical resident experience in serious illness communication: A qualitative needs assessment with proposed solutions. Am J Surg. 2021 Dec; 222(6):1126-1130.
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Trends in Bone Marrow Donor Registration in Japan Following a Celebrity's Disclosure of Leukemia. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 07 01; 4(7):e2118698.