Doctors Also Suffer when Giving Bad News to Cancer Patients

Overview

Journal Support Care Cancer

Specialties Critical Care
Oncology

Date 1996 Jan 1

PMID 8771297

Citations 5

Authors

E Espinosa

M Gonzalez Baron

P Zamora

A Ordonez

P Arranz

Affiliations

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Abstract

Giving bad news to patients with cancer may generate stress in doctors, who use distancing tactics. The causes of this anxiety come from social conventions and its consequences affect both doctors and their patients. There is no "gold standard" by which stress may be overcome during the interview but we offer some suggestions that may help.

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