title: Is it wise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to a cancer patient?
authors.affiliation: Department of Community, Environmental, and Occupational Medicine, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: el-Ghazali
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003142:Communication; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010551:Personality; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013997:Time Factors; D014342:Truth Disclosure