title: Procedure.
abstract: This piece examines the diagnostic procedures for breast cancer from the patient's point of view, trying to establish the importance of communication and reassurance, while showing how the absence of these can lead to greater distress than necessitated.
authors: Middlesex University, London, UK, l.gibb@mdx.ac.uk.
authors: Lorna
authors: L
authors: Gibb
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*