Breaking Bad News

Establishing an auditable procedure for giving the cancer diagnosis

G Walker, J Bradburn, J Maher
April 1997 | ISBN 978 1 85717 135 8 | 66 pages | £6.99

Breaking bad news is never easy. But the way in which patients find out that they have cancer can directly affect their future emotional well-being. This publication draws on evidence that patients and health professionals feel that they way diagnosis is given is often unsatisfactory. It recommends changes to current methods, with a model for joint patient–professional working, and provides guidelines, drawn up with the involvement of patients and health professionals, that can be adapted to any situation in which staff have to communicate bad news.

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