In the case of my patient, after I was not successful to convince the daughter about telling the truth to the patient, I notified the charge nurse and the unit manager of my concern. The managers talked to the doctor about the issue. We got the case manager and social worker involved as well. Then, we arranged a meeting with all health care workers, the DPOA, and patient’s other children. In that meeting we discussed about the importance of truth telling versus deception and patient’s autonomy. We also validated the DPOA’s point of view as she was right on some aspects. “When disclosing the truth, there is always the risk of shattering a patient's hopes and dreams. Hope seems to an essential mechanism for coping with cancer and it can be jeopardized
