title: Doctors also suffer when giving bad news to cancer patients.
abstract: Giving bad news to patients with cancer may generate stress in doctors, who use distancing tactics. The causes of this anxiety come from social conventions and its consequences affect both doctors and their patients. There is no "gold standard" by which stress may be overcome during the interview but we offer some suggestions that may help.
authors.affiliation: Service of Medical Oncology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González Barón
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ordóñez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arranz
mesh_terms: D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure