Background and Objectives: Most physicians believe that telling lies and withholding the truth is not permissible. However, it appears that holding the phenomenon telling the truth to be absolute or unconditional is not acceptable either. This study was conducted to examine Qom City physicians’ attitudes with regard to revealing the influential news to patients. Methods: This was a des...

introduction: delivering bad news is a stressful moment for both physicians and patients. the purpose of this investigation was to explore the patients’ preferences and attitudes toward being informed about the bad news. methods: this cross-sectional study was done on patients admitted to imam khomeini hospital, sari, iran, from september 2014 to february 2015. patient attitude regarding breaki...

We propose a dynamic model of corporate disclosure in which managers’ information endowment is uncertain. We consider a realistic environment in which corporate disclosures are preceded by analyst’ consensus forecasts and followed by earnings announcements. We estimate the model using a comprehensive sample of annual management forecasts released by public U.S. companies between 2004 and 2014. ...

Background and Objective: The ability of breaking bad news to patients, especially to patients diagnosed with cancer is one of the challengeable issues in the field of medicine. On this basis, this study was designed to assess physicianschr('39') performance as well as importance of their training on how to deliver bad news to patients diagnosed with cancer. Materials and Methods: This was a p...

I examine the impact of management cash flow forecasts on investors and analysts. The news in management cash flow forecasts is priced beyond total earnings news. Analysts revise earnings forecasts more for the news in these forecasts than for the news in accruals. I further find that the market’s higher pricing of cash flow forecast news is greater for firms 1) with bad earnings news, 2) in fi...

When patients die in the emergency department (ED), emergency physicians (EP) must disclose the bad news to family members. The death is often unexpected and the act of notification can be difficult. Many EPs have not been trained in the skill of communicating death to family members. This article reviews the available literature regarding ED death notification training and proposes future dire...