title: How to break bad news--and not devastate the patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 55905.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Creagan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013689:Telephone; D014342:Truth Disclosure