Family Requests Withholding Diagnosis

Daniel is a 52-year-old male presenting with 52 y/o son asking the physician not to tell his elderly mother her new cancer diagnosis. The speaker is Daniel, the 52-year-old son of an elderly woman newly diagnosed with cancer. He approaches the physician before they see his mother and requests that the diagnosis be withheld from her, citing cultural beliefs and fear that the truth will cause her to lose hope. The encounter is a family-requested-nondisclosure ethics scenario. Your task is to take a focused history from this patient.