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Breaking bad news

Last Reviewed: 05/12/2024
Breakingbadnews

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Improve your understanding of the process of breaking bad news. This article aims to help nurses to identify the challenges nurses face when involved with patients who have been given bad news. Guidance is offered on supporting patients after they have received bad news.

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This resource is aimed at nurses and nursing support workers across all settings and levels of practice, including students of health, social work and care professions.

Authors

Clare Warnock

Practice development sister, Specialist Cancer Services, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield.

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Breaking bad news

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PDF Created On: 15 Jan 2025.
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Last Reviewed: 05/12/2024