Commentary on Kendall S (2006) Being asked not to tell: nurses’ experiences of caring for cancer patients not told their diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Nursing 15, 1149–1157.

The article presents a commentary on the paper "Being asked not to tell: nurses' experiences of caring for cancer patients not told their diagnosis," by S. Kendall. According to the author, the paper presents an under researched area in which culture, Chinese medicine, modernity and western-based ethics collide. He stresses that it begs the question of the complexity of communications in respect to the decision to tell or not the truth regarding the diagnosis of cancer for Chinese patients.