Where you live, do doctors inform their patients that they have (terminal) cancer?

Some years ago a friend of mine, in Greece, told me that the father of a friend of her had cancer.
Discussing this tragedy I found out that the father didn’t know himself that he suffered from it.
I was surprised to say the least and told her so, to which she replied that that was not uncommon at all (there).
Recently I read in my newspaper an article with figures about doctors informing their patients about (terminal) cancer.
Apparently there is a difference in these figures depending on which country you see the stats of.
I don’t have the numbers ready and I can’t seem to find them online (without having to pay for them), but it was something like this:
Netherlands: about 85% of the patients are told.
Turkey: about 45%
Italy: about 35%

In your country, is it common that patients are being informed about the fact that they have cancer?
What do you think about the fact that, apparently, some doctors in some countries don’t inform their patients?
Could you think of, or do you know, reasons why this is being done not informing, that is?