title: Retreats from reality and pre-treatment education.
mesh_terms: D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011385:Projection; D011908:Rationalization