title: Breaking Bad News: An essential skill for doctors.
abstract: Breaking bad news is a process of delivering news, which may negatively affect a patient's view of the future, however is an essential skill for doctors. There are a multitude of benefits if doctors can execute this task well, and will improve the disease journey for the patient. There are several published models including the SPIKES and ABCDE models to help guide the doctor to break bad news effectively. This important skill can be taught through various methods but the most effective may be actually observing a session by senior clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Universiti Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Jalan Universiti, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Imran.hafidz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Abdul Hafidz
authors.affiliation: Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), UiTM Faculty of Medicine, Sungai Buloh Campus, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Zainudin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D014342:Truth Disclosure