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Breaking bad news - skills and evidence
InnovAiT, 09/25/09

Thistlethwaite J – Bad or unfavorable news may be defined as ‘any news that drastically and negatively alters the patient's view of her or his future’ (Buckman 1992). When GPs talk about breaking bad news, they usually mean telling patients that they have cancer, though in fact similar communication skills may be employed when informing patients about a positive human immunodeficiency virus status, or that a relative has died. Of key importance in the process is the doctor gaining an understanding of what the patient's view of the future is or was – the expectation that now might not be met. A doctor should not assume the impact of the diagnosis without exploring the patient's worldview.

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Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 64%

Trends in prescribing and self-poisoning in relation to UK regulatory authority warnings against use of SSRI antidepressants in under-18-year-olds
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 11/02/09 Relevance Score: 63%

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E-mail in patient-provider communication: A systematic review
Patient Education and Counselling, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 62%

Do words hurt? Brain activation during the processing of pain-related words
Pain, 10/23/09 Relevance Score: 47%