Giving sad and bad news

The Lancet

Volumn 341, Issue 8843, 1993, Pages 476-478

  Fallowfield, L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVES; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; FAMILY MEMBERS; GREAT BRITAIN; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0027393721     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90219-7     Document Type: Article

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