title: Breaking bad news: current prospective and practical guideline for Muslim countries.
abstract: Breaking bad news is one of the most distressing tasks which face physicians on daily basis; however, only few doctors receive formal training on this task. Disappointingly, the current status of the "breaking bad news" sector in health care systems in the Muslim countries is largely unknown. The following article attempts to address the current status of breaking bad news in the health care sector in Muslim countries and devises a practical protocol which provides a stepwise framework for breaking bad news in Muslim countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, King Hussein Cancer Center, PO Box 142 730, Amman, 11814, Jordan, alwikah@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Abdel-Fattah
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Salem
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure