title: Breaking bad news to patients with cancer.
abstract: For the patient with cancer, bad news can occur several times between diagnosis and death. Patients expect honesty from professionals. Patients may choose to face up to bad news or actively deny what is happening. Nurses need to be able to deal with the patient's emotional response to bad news.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014342:Truth Disclosure