title: Hope is a verb: a course correction in delivering bad news.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee Health Science Center of Memphis, Memphis, USA. alva.weir@va.gov
authors.forename: Alva Bowen
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: Jeffrey Mark
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brint
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000556:secondary*; D033262:Narration; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology; D014342:Truth Disclosure