Dr. Gabriel Scally:

Absolutely. One area of non-disclosure about which I am greatly concerned is not its effect on treatment in the past, but rather its effect on the relationship between women and their clinicians after the women found out. The women felt betrayed. In some cases they were lied to. That damage to the patient-clinician relationship is deeply unhelpful, particularly when the woman does not really have a choice. That is where the problem is in terms of clinical services, which is why I have always advocated for an attempt at reconciliation between the clinician and the woman. I know women who have taken the matter into their own hands. I have spoken to their clinicians and made it a point specifically to discuss what happened and find the truth about the non-disclosures. That has greatly helped the clinical relationship in those cases. That is the area of clinical care about which I have a concern and I have expressed that concern.