Breaking Bad News

 

Breaking Bad News

 

A Six Step Protocol

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.Start off well.

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2.Find out how much the patient Knows.

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3.Find out how much the patient want to know.

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4.Share the information.

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5.Responding to the patient s feeling.

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6.Planning and follow through.

          - Robert  Buckman.  M.D. How to Break Bad News