The primary mission of palliative care is to assist and guide patients through all phases of
treatment and crucial to this work is maintaining the patient's integrity and dignity. To …

Talking about sad, bad, and difficult things with patients and their families is a fundamental
and an inevitable part of the health-care professional's (HCPs) work, but one in which few …

Research indicates that most patients and their families want to know the truth about their
illness, even when the news is not good. Healthcare professionals have an ethical …

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and preferences of
terminally ill cancer patients regarding truth telling in the communication of poor prognoses …

TRUTH AND HONESTY ARE DELICATE ISSUES in the world of cancer care. What cancer
patients and their loved ones should be told and how they should be told it remains a …

Healthcare professionals often censor their information giving to patients in an attempt to
protect them from potentially hurtful, sad or bad news. There is a commonly expressed belief …

Objective Disclosing the truth when breaking bad news continues to be difficult for health
professionals, yet it is essential for patients when making informed decisions about their …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the attitudes towards truth-telling of both terminal patients and
professional caregivers, and to determine their perceived barriers to full information …

Delivering serious news can be one of the most difficult and delicate tasks providers are
faced with while caring for patients. Serious news can include “any information which …

A central challenge of the palliative care clinician, and of the oncologist who sees patients
with advance disease, is that of 'breaking bad news'. As this conversation requires that the …