title: Being honest with the patient and ourselves: do we give our patients accurate insight into anticipated results of treatment? An Irish perspective.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fennelly
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003142:Communication; D018849:Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014342:Truth Disclosure