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Psychological needs 6: Answering difficult questions

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Journal articles

Friedrichsen MJ. Strang PM. Carlsson ME. Breaking bad news in the transition from curative to palliative cancer care--patient's view of the doctor giving the information. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2000; 8(6): 472-8.

Jenkins V. Fallowfield L. Saul J. Information needs of patients with cancer: results from a large study in UK cancer centres. British Journal of Cancer. 2001; 84(1): 48-51.

Lamont EB. Christakis NA. Prognostic disclosure to patients with cancer near the end of life. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2001; 134(12):1096-105.

McCague K. Collusion in doctor-patient communication. Doctors should adopt patient's perspective. BMJ. 2001; 322:1063.

Noone I. Crowe M. Pillay I. O'Keeffe ST. Telling the truth about cancer: views of elderly patients and their relatives. Irish Medical Journal. 2000; 93(4):104-5.

Parker PA. Baile WF. de Moor C. Lenzi R. Kudelka AP. Cohen L. Breaking bad news about cancer: patients' preferences for communication. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2001; 19(7): 2049-56.

Rousseau P. Death denial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2000; 18(23): 3998-9.

Ubel PA. Truth in the most optimistic way. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2001; 134(12): 1142-3.

Resource books

Effective Interaction with Patients, 2nd 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, 5th 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.