The intern was young and inexperienced. A patient had just died on the ward and she had
been requested to inform the family. Reluctantly, she made the phone call, bungled it, and …

PATIENT: Well, I want to know. I'll try to be ready. PHYSICIAN: It's hard to ever be readyfor
difficult news. This is not easy. It's going to be hardfor both ofus. I need to let you know that …

In daily practice, a clinician may have to break bad news to patients and their families. How
the patient responds depends largely on the manner in which the messenger conveys the …

Patients who demonstrate such behaviour after being given bad news are probably
struggling with intense emotions that prevent normal cognitive functioning. In these …

Life in the emergency department (ED) is never boring; opportunities to learn abound. As a
place of transition between admitted hospital patients and those sick at home, the full …

According to surveys, at least 70 per cent of doctors now believe in telling people the truth
about their cancers, as compared with 82 per cent who practiced oppositely only 24 years …

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can.. c.. n...... ge if doap and de-. tors change t. hei responses, ta: ch; the. says. Bk n who …

Telling the Cancer Patient SIR,-I have hadsome experience with the care of patients
suffering from the terminal stages of cancer over the past 12 years, working as a nurse, an …

Editorial Portrayals of physicians in mm and on television have recently shown them as less
than shining stars-a reflection of troubled times in American medicine. Among the many …

The House of Lords decision in Sidaway v Bethlem Royal Hospital has not marked the end
of the debate over informed consent.'Two recent Court of Appeal cases have clarified further …