Breaking bad news to patients: The SPIKES approach can make this difficult task easier

Paul S. Mueller

doi:10.3810/pgm.2002.09.1318

Breaking bad news to patients: The SPIKES approach can make this difficult task easier

Paul S. Mueller

General Internal Medicine

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Abstract

Bad news is any information that changes a person's view of the future in a negative way. Physicians frequently msut break bad news to patients and their loved ones. Bad news often is associated with a terminal illness such as cancer.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	15-18
Number of pages	4
Journal	Postgraduate medicine
Volume	112
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3810/pgm.2002.09.1318
State	Published - Sep 2002

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General Medicine

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Breaking bad news to patients: The SPIKES approach can make this difficult task easier

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