Purpose The aim of the research was to explore specialist cancer and palliative care nurses
experience of delivering significant news to patients with advanced cancer. Method A …

Purpose Nurses encounter the challenge of truth-telling to patients' terminal illness (TTPTI)
in their daily care activities, particularly for nurses working in the pervasive culture of family …

Breaking bad news to patients with a terminal disease is a difficult task for physicians. The
aim of this study was to study how doctors perceive their strategies when giving information …

Telling a patient bad news is never easy. Whether sharing information about an initial
cancer diagnosis, disease recurrence, evidence of metastatic disease, or a move to hospice …

Objective: In a regional hospital, many patients are newly diagnosed with cancer. Breaking
the bad news in these patients and their relatives is a tough task. Many doctors are not …

Aims and objectives. Based on a secondary analysis of data from a large qualitative study
on cancer care communication, we address the question: what do patients with advanced …

Breaking bad news â•fi whose responsibility is it? Page 1 Breaking bad news – whose
responsibility is it?ecc_1129 330 B. KALBER, msc, rn, onc. cert. matron for neurology, St …

Aims and objectives. To investigate the attitude of oncology nurses towards whether and
how to disclose diagnoses to patients with early‐stage cancer or terminal illness …

Background: The focus of this article is on the meanings attributed by nurses who worked
with patients receiving a cancer diagnosis within acute care settings in Ireland. Objective …

For the patient with cancer, bad news can occur several times between diagnosis and death.
Patients expect honesty from professionals. Patients may choose to face up to bad news or …