title: Truth sometimes hurts but deceit hurts more.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, University College London Medical School, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fallowfield
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018907:Privacy; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D014342:Truth Disclosure