title: Communicating bad news.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, CA 94110.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Brody
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D032882:Comprehension; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations