@article{oai:nsg.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003855,
 author = {Hasegawa, Toshio and Iwasaki, Teruko},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {Niigata journal of health and welfare, 1346-8782},
 month = {},
 note = {application/pdf, 論文(Article), Information disclosure is currently accelerating in Japanese general hospitals, while in psychiatric hospitals it has still been closed and opaque. We performed a questionnaire survey to investigate the awareness and need of people of a patients' group and a health professionals' group on information disclosure in psychiatric hospitals. There were 42 subjects for analysis, which consisted of 17 persons with a mental disorder and 25 health professions. Among 48 items, there were significant differences for 11 survey items between the patients' group and the health professionals' group. It was found that the patients tended to wish information disclosure on human rights such as body restraint and safety in medicine such as medical accidents and hospital discharges due to death, while the administrators and the health professionals did not always agree on information disclosure of them. The health professionals who opposed information disclosure thought that it would lead to the negative image of psychiatric hospitals. It is necessary that the administrators and the health professionals minimize the gap on awareness, having the knowledge that a great difference of knowledge and experience exist between them and patients. It is possible that the occupational therapists hereafter will be able to play a role in minimizing the gap on awareness between health professionals and patients by having the public know about their services and approaches toward the prevention of accidents.},
 pages = {18--26},
 title = {Stakeholders' Awareness, Need and Future Prospects of Information Disclosure in Japanese Psychiatric Hospitals},
 volume = {9},
 year = {2009}
}