Breaking bad news 1: Current best advice for clinicians

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Girgis, Afaf ^a   Sanson Fisher, Rob W ^a  

^a New South Wales Council   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLERGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGEON;

EID: 0031687274     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289809596381     Document Type: Article

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