How To Break Bad News : : A Guide for Health Care Professionals / / Robert Buckman.
For many health care professionals and social service providers, the hardest part of the job is breaking bad news. The news may be about a condition that is life-threatening (such as cancer or AIDS), disabling (such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis), or embarrassing (such as genital her...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Why Breaking Bad News Is Difficult
- 3. Basic Communication Skills
- 4. Breaking Bad News: A Six-Step Protocol
- 5. The Patient’s Reactions
- 6. Other Peoples′ Reactions
- Conclusion
- Appendix: An Interview Using the Breaking-Bad-News Protocol
- Notes