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Barriers to breaking bad news among medical and surgical residents.

Abstract

Communicating "bad news" to patients and their families can be difficult for physicians. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study aimed to examine residents' perceptions of barriers to delivering bad news to patients and their family members.

Authors

Dosanjh S; Barnes J; Bhandari M

Journal

Medical Education, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 197–205

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

March 2001

DOI

10.1046/j.1365-2923.2001.00766.x

ISSN

0308-0110