title: On denying denial.
authors.affiliation: From the Division of Medical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rayson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003142:Communication; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations