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Cultural Aspects of Truth Disclosure

Selected and compiled by Jacquelyn Coughlan, M.S., M.L.S.

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Alaggia, R. (2001). Cultural and religious influences in maternal response to intrafamilial child sexual abuse: Charting new territory for research and treatment. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 10, 41-60.

Annas, G. J. (1994). Informed consent, cancer, and truth in prognosis. The New England Journal of Medicine, 330, 223-225.

Back, A. L. (2002). Communicating bad news. The Western Journal of Medicine, 176, 177-180.

Benowitz, S. (1999). To tell the truth: A cancer diagnosis in other cultures is often a family affair. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 91(22), 1918-1919.

Berger, J. T. (1998). Culture and ethnicity in clinical care. Archives of Internal Medicine, 158, 2085-2090.

Betancourt, J. R. (September 2000). Language barriers to informed consent and confidentiality: The impact on women's health. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 55(5), 294-295.

Betson, C. L., Fielding, R., Wong, G., Chung, S. F., & Nestel, D. F. (1997). Evaluation of two videotape instruction programmes on how to break bad news--for Cantonese-speaking medical students in Hong Kong. The Journal of Audiovisual Media in Medicine, 20, 172-177.

Beyene, Y. (1992). Medical disclosure and refugees. Telling bad news to Ethiopian patients. The Western Journal of Medicine, 157, 328-323.

Blackhall, L. J., Frank, G., Murphy, S., & Michel, C. (2001). Bioethics in a different tongue: The case of truth-telling. Journal of Urban health, 78(1), 59-71.

Brotzman, G. L., & Butler, D. J. (1991). Cross-cultural issues in the disclosure of a terminal diagnosis: A case repot. Journal of Family Practice, 32(4), 426-427.

Brusamolino, E., & Subone, A. (1997). Telling the truth to the patient with cancer. A cross-cultural dialogue. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 411-421.

Candib, L. M. (2002). Truth telling and advance planning at the end of life: Problems with autonomy in a multicultural world. Families, Systems & Health, 20, 213-228.

Carrese, J. A., & Rhodes, L. A. (February 2000). Bridging cultural differences in medical practice. The case of discussing negative information with Navajo patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 15(2), 92-96.

Centero-Cortes, C., & Nunez-Olarte, J. M. (1994). Questioning diagnosis disclosure in terminal cancer patients: A prospective study evaluating patients' responses. Palliative Medicine, 8, 39-44.

Chan, H. M. (2004). Sharing death and dying: Advance directives, autonomy and the family. Bioethics, 18, 87-103.

Charlton, R. (1997). The dilemma of truth disclosure: Stoke-on-Trent, England. The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 14, 166-168.

Cong, Y. (2004). Doctor-family-patient relationship: The Chinese paradigm of informed consent. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 29, 149-178.

Coreil, J., Wilke, J., & Pintado, I. (2004). Cultural models of illness and recovery in breast cancer support groups. Qualitative Health Research, 14, 905-923.

Cousineau, A., Chow, M., & Brezden, P. (2003). "Worlds apart": Truth telling in the case of Mrs. VV. The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 57, 415-426.

Crow, K., Matheson, L, & Steed, A. (2000). Informed consent and truth-telling: Cultural directions for healthcare providers. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 30, 148-152.

Dalla-Vorgla, P., Katsouyanni, K., Garanis, T. N., Touloumi, G., Drogari, P., & Koutselinis, A. (1992). Attitudes of a Mediterranean population to the truth-telling issue. Journal of Medical Ethics, 18, 67-74.

Dane, B. (2002). Disclosure: The voices of Thai women living with HIV/AIDS. International Social Work, 45, 185-204.

Davis, A. J., Konishi, E., & Mitoh, T. (2002). The telling and knowing of dying: Philosophical bases for hospice care in Japan. International Nursing Review, 49, 226-233.

de Gonzalez Victorica, M. I., Bertolino, L., & Pavlovsky, S. (1997). Argentina. Telling the truth to cancer patients in a multicultural society. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 152-162.

De Trill, M., Kovalcik, R. (1997). The child with cancer. Influence of culture on truth-telling and patient care. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 197-210.

Delvecchio, M. J., Good, B. J., Schaffer, C., & Lind, S. E. (1990). American oncology and the discourse on hope. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 14, 59-79.

Ellerby, J. H., McKenzie, J., McKay, S., Gariepy, G. J., & Kaufert, J. M. (2000). Bioethics for clinicians: 18. Aborginial cultures. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 163, 845-850.

Ells, C., & Caniano, D. A. (2002). The impact of culture on the patient-surgeon relationship. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 195, 520-530.

Elwyn, T. S., Fetters, M. D., Gorenflo, W., & Tsuda, T. (1998). Cancer disclosure in Japan: Historical comparisons, current practices. Social Science & Medicine, 46, 1151-1163.

Fainslinger, R. L., Nunez-Olarte, J. M., & Demoissac, D. M. (2003). The cultural differences in perceived value of disclosure and cognition: Spain and Canada. Journal of Palliative Care, 19(1), 43-48.

Faysman, K., & Oseguera, D. (2002). Clinical challenges. Cultural dimensions of anxiety and truth telling. Oncology Nursing Forum, 29, 757-759.

Fetters, M. D. (1998). The family in medical decision making: Japanese perspectives. Journal of Clinical Ethics, 9(2), 132-146.

Freedman, B. (1993). Offering truth. One ethical approach to the uninformed cancer patient. Archives of Internal Medicine, 153, 572-576.

Galeazzi, O. (1997). Truth, disease, and prognosis. An historical-anthropological analysis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 40-55.

Gallagher, S. M. (1998). Cultural influences on medical disclosure. Ostomy/Wound Management, 44, 22-23.

Gallagher, S. M. (1998). Truth telling. Ostomy/Wound Management. 44, 17-19.

Ghavamzadeh, A., & Bahar, B. (1997). Communication with the cancer patient in Iran. Information and truth. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 261-265.

Girgis, A., & Sanson-Fisher, R. W. (1995). Breaking bad news: Consensus guidelines for medical practitioners. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 13, 2449-2456.

Glass, E., & Cluxton, D. (2004). Truth-telling: Ethical issues in clinical practice. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 6, 232-243.

Gordon, E. J., & Daugherty, C. K. (2003). 'Hitting you over the head': Oncologists' disclosure of prognosis to advanced cancer patients. Bioethics, 17, 142-168.

Gordon, H. S., & Paci, E. (1997). Disclosure practices and cultural narratives: Understanding concealment and silence around cancer in Tuscany, Italy. Social Science and Medicine, 44, 1433-1452.

Gordon, D. R. (1990). Embodying illness, embodying cancer. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 14, 275-297.

Gordon, D. R., & Paci, E. (1997). Disclosure practices and cultural narratives: Understanding concealment and silence around cancer in Tuscany, Italy. Social Science & Medicine, 44, 1433-1452.

Hall, A. (2002). What the Navajo culture teaches about informed consent. HEC Forum, 14, 241-246.

Hanssen, I. (2004). An intercultural nursing perspective on autonomy. Nursing Ethics, 11, 28-41.

Harris, J. J., Shao, J., & Sugarman, J. (2003). Disclosure of cancer diagnosis and prognosis in Northern Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine, 56(5), 905-913.

Harrison, A., Al-Assdi, A. M. H., Al-Kaabi, A. S. O., Al-Kaabi, M. R. S., et al. (1997). Should doctors inform terminally ill patients? The opinions of nationals and doctors in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Medical Ethics, 23(2), 101-107.

Hern, H. E., Koenig, B. A., Moore, L. J., & Marshall, P. A. (1998). The difference that culture can make in end-of-life decisionmaking. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 7, 27-40.

Irvine, R., McPhee, J., & Kerridge, I. H. (2002). The challenge of cultural and ethical pluralism to medical practice. The Medical Journal of Australia, 18, 174-175.

Ishibashi, A. (1996). Four concepts that distinguish pediatric oncology care in Japan from that in the United States: Telling the diagnosis, length of hospitalization, home care, and support systems. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 13, 226-231.

Kashiwagi, T. (1999). Truth telling and palliative medicine. Internal Medicine, 38, 190-192.

Kaufert, J. M., & Lavallee, M. (1999). End-of-life decision making among aboriginal Canadians: Interpretation, mediation, and discord in the communication of "bad news". Journal of Palliative Care, 15, 31-39.

Klitzman, R. (2006). Complications of culture in obtaining informed consent. American Journal of Bioethics, 6(1), 20-21.

Korec, S., & Andrasiova, M. (1997). Telling the truth--yes? Maybe? No? Yes! Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 496-499.

Kuczewski, M., & McCruden, P. J. (2001). Informed consent: Does it take a villiage? The problem of culture and truth telling. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 10, 34-46.

Landau, G., & York, A. S. (2004). Keeping and disclosing a secret among people with HIV in Israel. Health and Social Work, 29(2), 116-126.

Lapine, A., Wang-Cheng, R., Goldstein, M., Nooney, A., Lamb, G., & Derse, A. R. (2001). When cultures clash: Physician, patient, and family wishes in truth disclosure for dying patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 4, 475-480.

Levy, L. M. (1997). Communication with the cancer patient in Zimbabwe. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 20, 133-141.

Li, S., & Chou, J. L. (1997). Communication with the cancer patient in China. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 243-248.

Long, S. O. (1999). Global exchange. Family surrogacy and cancer disclosure: Physican-family negotiation of an ethical dilemma in Japan. Journal of Palliative Care, 15, 31-42.

Mak, M. H. (2001). Awareness of dying: An experience of Chinese patients with terminal cancer. Omega, 43, 259-279.

Malik, I. A., & Qureshi, A. F. (1997). Communication with cancer patients. Experiences in Pakistan. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 300-308.

McKelvey, R. S. (1994). Refugee patients and the practice of deception. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 64, 368-375.

Mill, J. E. (2003). Shrouded in secrecy: Breaking the news of HIV infection to Ghanaian women. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 14, 6-16.

Mitchell, J. L. (1998). Cross-cultural issues in the disclosure of cancer. Cancer Practice, 6, 153-160.

Mitty, E. L. (2001). Ethnicity and end-of-life decision-making. Reflections on Nursing Leadership, 27, 28-31.

Miyaji, N. T. (1993). The power of compassion: Truth-telling among American doctors in the care of dying patients. Social Science in Medicine, 36, 249-264.

Mobeireek, A. F., al-Kassimi, F. A., al-Majid, S. A., & al-Shimemry, A. (1996). Communication with the seriously ill: Physicians' attitudes in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Medical Ethics, 22, 282-285.

Mystakidou, K., Parpa, E., Tsilila, E., Katsouda, E., & Vlahos, L. (2004). Cancer information disclosure in different cultural contexts. Supportive Care in Cancer, 12, 147-154.

Mystakidou, K., Tsilika, E., Parpa, E., Katsouda, E., & Vlahos, L. (2005). Patterns and barriers in information disclosure between health care professionals and relatives with cancer patients in Greek society. European Journal of Cancer Care, 14, 175-181.

Mystakidou, K., Tsilika, E., Parpa, E., Katsouda, E., & Vlahos, L. (2003). A Greek perspective on concepts on death and expression of grief, with implications for practice. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 9, 534-537.

Orona, L. J., Koenig, B. A., & Davis, A. J. (1994). Cultural aspects of nondisclosure, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 3, 38-346.

Pang, M. C. (1999). Protective truthfulness: The Chinese way of safeguarding patients in informed treatment decisions. Journal of Medical Ethics, 25, 247-253.

Pellegrino, E. D. (1992). Is truth telling to the patient a cultural artifact? JAMA, 268, 1734-1735.

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Powell, T. (2006). Culture and communication: Medical disclosure in Japan and the U. S. American Journal of Bioethics, 6(1), 18-20.

Rivera-Andino, J., & Lopez, L. (2000). When culture complicates care. RN, 63, 47-9.

Sabbioni, M. E. (1997). Informing cancer patients: Whose truth matters? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 809, 508-513.

Salander, P., Bergenheim, A. T., Bergstrom, P., & Henriksson, R. (1998). How to tell cancer patients: A contribution to a theory of communicating the diagnosis. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 16, 79-93.

Shields, C. E. (1998). Giving patients bad news. Primary Care- Clinics in Office Practice, 25(2), 381-390.

Sparks, L., & Mittapalli, K. (2004). To know or not to know: The case of communication by and with older adult Russians Diagnosed with cancer. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 19, 383-403.

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