Objective To provide an overview of healthcare practitioners' experiences of breaking bad
news. Method Interpretative meta synthesis of 14 qualitative papers identified through a …

Background Approaching families of dying or newly deceased patients to donate organs
requires specialized knowledge and a mastery of relational communication. As the …

Purpose The aim of our study was to analyze students' emotional experiences and coping
mechanisms regarding the situation of delivering bad news (DBN). Patients and Methods …

Objective: This scoping review will map the available evidence on communication protocols
for breaking bad news to adult patients and their families in health care. Introduction …

Background: We aimed to identify which attitudes and emotions accompany latter-year
medical students as they experience situations where bad news is communicated. Methods …

Background The announcement of a pathology that could have a negative impact on a
patient's future (ie, breaking bad news, BBN) is a common and difficult task that nurses feel …

Background Empathy is a key competency and is essential for doctor-patient relationships.
Studies have proven a continuous reduction of empathy in medical students during their …

Objectives To improve psychosocial care for oncology inpatients, we implemented
screening for distress by means of distress thermometer (DT) at the Comprehensive Cancer …

Oncology clinicians often miss opportunities to communicate empathy to patients. The
current study examined the relationship between implicit bias (based on cancer type and …

Delivering difficult news to parents of children with neurodisabilities, often involving new
diagnoses, prognosis changes, or declines in function or health, presents a complex task …