title: Hesitancies in saying 'No'.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper aims to explore why staff, agencies and families, might be reluctant to use 'no' as a therapeutic manoeuvre.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Various factors contribute to this hesitancy and when understood and acknowledged, may serve to return the clinician to the task at hand.
authors: Capital and Coast DHB, Wellington, New Zealand, and; Kapiti CMHT, Paraparaumu, New Zealand mhJohn.little@ccdhb.org.nz.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Little
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016079:Refusal to Treat
keywords: limit setting; no; reluctance