CLIP Index

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Case study

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Further reading

Credits

Journal articles

Barnett MM. Effect of breaking bad news on patients' perceptions of doctors. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2002; 95(7): 343-7.

Fallowfield L. Giving sad and bad news. Lancet, 1993; 341: 476-478.

Fallowfield LJ. Jenkins VA. Beveridge HA. Truth may hurt but deceit hurts more: communication in palliative care. Palliative Medicine. 2002; 16(4): 297-303.

Farrell M. Ryan S. Langrick B. 'Breaking bad news' within a paediatric setting: an evaluation report of a collaborative education workshop to support health professionals. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2001; 36(6): 765-75.

Higgins D. Breaking bad news in cancer care. Part 2: Practical skills. Professional Nurse. 2002; 17(11): 670-1.

Pessagno RA. When bad news is delivered. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 1998; 2(4): 146-7.

Radziewicz R. Baile WF. Communication skills: breaking bad news in the clinical setting. Oncology Nursing Forum. 2001; 28(6): 951-3.

Resource books

Effective Interaction with Patients, 2^nd ed ED Faulkner A. New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1998.

Introducing Palliative Care 3rd ed. Twycross R. Abingdon : Radcliffe Medical Press, 1999.

Talking to Cancer Patients and their relatives Faulkner, A. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.

A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 5^th ed. Regnard C, Hockley J.  Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2004

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine 3rd ed. Doyle D, Hanks G, Cherny NI, Calman K eds. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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