Semin Med Pract  2008 ;11:11-20 Breaking bad news: a patient-centered approach to delivering an unexpected cancer diagnosis Dwamena FC, Han C, Smith RC Delivering bad news to patients is a difficult but essential task in clinical practice. Physicians often feel unprepared to handle this task effectively and, as a result, may adopt counterproductive ways to convey bad news. This article presents a patient-centered approach that can help physicians better anticipate, elicit, and respond to patient reactions to receiving bad news and lead to less distress and better patient choices. Journal Article Free Download Search the Turner White index to find abstracts of articles published in SMP. Back to previous page
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