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Breaking bad news: why is it still so difficult?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Buckman, Robert E. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Abstract | A British senior registrar in medical oncology discusses the major difficulties encountered by physicians in disclosing unfavorable diagnoses and prognoses to patients. These difficulties are attributed to an unwarranted assumption by the physician of responsibility for the disease itself; to fears arising from personal reactions to illness, death, and expression of emotions; and to a lack of training in coping with the nonmedical aspects of serious illness. The author suggests that, with only minor changes in the curriculum, instruction in communication can be integrated into orthodox medical education. |
| Starting Page | 1591 |
| Ending Page | 1596 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/288/6430/1597.full.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 6426658v1 |
| Volume Number | 288 |
| Issue Number | 6430 |
| Journal | British medical journal |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Attitude Cancer Patient Cardiomyopathies Cessation of life Coping Behavior Dying Process Education, Medical Emotions Fear (Mental Process) Forecast of outcome GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs Illness (finding) Medical oncology specialty Morale Neoplasms Patients Published Comment RELN wt Allele School Schools, Medical Speech Teratoma of testis Terminal illness |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
