title: Breaking bad news: starting palliative care.
authors.affiliation: St Columbia's Hospice, Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012649:Self Concept