Breaking bad news in cancer care
Higgins, D.
Professional Nurse 17(10): 609
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0266-8130 PMID: 12087710 Document Number: 545007
When a diagnosis of cancer, such as prostate cancer, is made nurses may be involved in presenting the news to the patient. How that news is given can make the experience a distressing or reassuring process. In the first part of this paper, the authors examines the human qualities required by professionals and the barriers to breaking bad news.