Breaking bad news: why is it still so difficult?

1984/05/26 by R Buckman, Robert Buckman · 32 citations
Medicine · Health Professions · #Empathy and Medical Education #Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills #Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.288.6430.1597

Abstract

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