“…The literature on doctor-patient communication, the bad news interview, and information given to cancer patients has grown exponentially over the past two decades (e.g. Abrams, 1966;Amir, 1987;Brewin, 1977;1991;Buckman, 1984;Clark and LaBeff, 1982;Creagan, 1994;Fallowfield, 1993;Greenwald and Nevitt, 1982;Hogbin and Fallowfield, 1989;Hoy, 1985;Krant, 1976;Lichter, 1987;Lind et al, 1989;McIntosh, 1974;Quill and Townsend, 1991;Radovsky, 1985;Reynolds, 1978;and Reynolds et al, 1981). Growing awareness of patients' desire for information has led to changes in practice in revealing the presence of malignancy (Goldberg, 1984;Holland et al, 1987;Jeret, 1989;Newall et al, 1987;and Novack et al, 1979).…”