title: To inform or not to inform--a decision with psychobiological implication.
abstract: A patient, being informed about his dangerous or even fatal disease, like cancer, has a higher chance to give up and display a renunciation of search activity. Such renunciation decreases body resistance and makes the overall situation hopeless. Thus a person has the right to be not informed about such diseases, because he has the right to use all his inner resources for survival.
authors.affiliation: Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Rotenberg
mesh_terms: D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009042:Motivation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012803:Sick Role; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014342:Truth Disclosure