'There are some very sane oncologists, but they are rare birds. Dr. Simone M.Ms., M.D., one of the sanest, speaks a volume of truth in the following essay:
DO WE ALWAYS NEED TO TELL PATIENTS THE TRUTH?
In my experience, cancer patients who receive treatment know their situation. Even very young people know. A six-year-old boy who I was treating for leukemia at the National Cancer Institute asked me what it was like in heaven. A national survey found that 96% of Americans wanted to be told if they had cancer and 85% wanted to know how long they would live if their [type of] cancer usually led to death in less than a year.'
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