Breaking Bad News: An essential skill for doctors
- Author:
Muhammad Imran Abdul Hafidz
;
Lily Diana Zainudin
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Breaking bad news;
communication skill;
patient-physician communication
- MeSH:
Education, Medical;
Communication
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2016;71(1):26-27
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Breaking bad news is a process of delivering news, which
may negatively affect a patient’s view of the future, however
is an essential skill for doctors. There are a multitude of
benefits if doctors can execute this task well, and will
improve the disease journey for the patient. There are
several published models including the SPIKES and ABCDE
models to help guide the doctor to break bad news
effectively. This important skill can be taught through
various methods but the most effective may be actually
observing a session by senior clinicians.
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