title: "Worlds apart": truth telling in the case of Mrs. VV.
abstract: This article discussed how the views of a terminal cancer patient and her family, who were immigrants from Romania, differed from those of her North American caregivers. It presents evidence about truth telling to cancer patients in Eastern Europe and general cultural differences in attitudes to truth telling. Literature on how to span the gap between different cultural worlds is reviewed. Conclusions address ways to minister to patients who come from "different worlds" than their caregivers.
authors.affiliation: St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada L9T 1P5.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cousineau
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brezden
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002170:Canada; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010327:Pastoral Care; D012383:Romania / Q000208:ethnology; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure