title: Breaking the silence.
authors.affiliation: VNA Community Hospice of Northern Virginia, Arlington.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Callanan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure