Journal of Emergency Health Care

fa Examining the Aspects of Truth-Telling to Patients with the Diagnosis of Amputation: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study عمومى General پژوهشي Research Background: Amputation of the limbs has been reported to be a significantly stressful event since it is generally associated with disability and affects patients' quality of life. Therefore, being aware of this problem in the treatment process is considered bad news. Truth-telling in the medical profession is necessary since it enables patients to make correct decisions regarding the treatment and healthcare process. Materials and Methods:  This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. It is conducted randomly among students, medical professors, and medical staff, with two years of clinical experience. The demographic information questionnaire and the truth-telling questionnaire of Ajzen were used here. Results: Out of 86 participants in this research, 45 (52.3%) were men and 41 (47.7 %) were women. The average age was 25.31 ± 8.1 years. Patients' general opinion completely agreed with truth-telling and its areas. The highest level of agreement of the respondents with different dimensions of truth-telling, respectively, belongs to the behavioral dimension with an average of 4.7, the tendency dimension with 4.6, and the attitude dimension with 4.3. Furthermore, there was no significant relationship between this component and its dimensions with the variables of gender, age, place of service, and being a physician or medical staff. Conclusion: Truth-telling and the desire to provide diagnostic and treatment information to patients is associated with many complications, which is necessary due to the support of research, legal duties, and patients’ rights. Physicians must acquire sufficient skills in communicating with patients and providing them with information and prognosis. This issue requires permanent training in the field of presenting bad news. Therefore, in addition to the skill of physicians, patients, and their relatives should also have proper preparation to face this stage in the treatment process, public health information and awareness of the patient's rights in this field can also be valuable.   Truth-telling, Amputation, Medical Ethics, Patients 46 53 http://intjmi.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-511&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mojtaba Ghaedi 10031947532846005548 10031947532846005548 Yes Assistant Professor of Surgery, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. Mohammad Sadegh Sanie Jahromi 10031947532846005549 10031947532846005549 No Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical ethic research center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. Negin Zare 10031947532846005550 10031947532846005550 No Student research committee, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. Lohraseb Taheri 10031947532846005551 10031947532846005551 No Assistant Professor, Medica ethic research center, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.