title: Do patients need to know they are terminally ill? No.
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. LB9X@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
authors.forename: Leslie J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Blackhall
mesh_terms: D030881:Disclosure; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D019452:Terminally Ill