An Exploratory Study on Information Manipulation by Doctors: Awareness, Actual State, and Ethical Tolerance.

Shoichi Maeda, Eisuke Nakazawa, Etsuko Kamishiraki, Eri Ishikawa, Maho Murata, Katsumi Mori, Akira Akabayashi

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Article in Clinics and practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shoichi MaedaDepartment of Medical Ethics and Patient Safety, Keio University Keio Research Institute at SFC, 4411 Endo, Fujisawa 252-0883, Japan.

Eisuke NakazawaDepartment of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

Etsuko KamishirakiGraduate School of Welfare and Health Sciences, Oita University, 700 Dannoharu, Oita 870-1192, Japan.

Eri IshikawaDepartment of Medical Ethics and Patient Safety, Keio University Keio Research Institute at SFC, 4411 Endo, Fujisawa 252-0883, Japan.

Maho MurataDepartment of Medical Ethics and Patient Safety, Keio University Keio Research Institute at SFC, 4411 Endo, Fujisawa 252-0883, Japan.

Katsumi MoriDepartment of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0310-3422

Akira AkabayashiDepartment of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0811-1955

Funding

Japan Medical Association Research Institute N/A

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: To what extent is information manipulation by doctors acceptable? To answer this question, we conducted an exploratory study aimed at obtaining basic data on descriptive ethics for considering this issue. (2) Methods: A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on a large sample (

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information manipulationinformed consentJapanpatient-doctor relationshipprognosis disclosuretrusttruth-telling

Identifiers

PMID36136869

DOI10.3390/clinpract12050075

PMCPMC9498308

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