title: Breaking bad news in cancer care.
abstract: When a diagnosis of cancer, such as prostate cancer, is made nurses may be involved in presenting the news to the patient. How that news is given can make the experience a distressing or reassuring process. In the first part of this paper, the authors examines the human qualities required by professionals and the barriers to breaking bad news.
authors.affiliation: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust, Surrey.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D014342:Truth Disclosure