Breaking bad news /

Designed for health-care professionals, this video focuses on the difficulty of communicating bad news to the families of patients suffering from terminal illness. It presents a range of compassionate strategies for broaching the subject, addresses issues of cultural specificity, and stresses the im...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, University of Manchester. Department of Psychiatry
Other Authors:	Goldberg, David P.
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Alexander Street Press, ©2009.
Series:	Counseling and therapy in video.
Subjects:	Communication in medicine. Interpersonal communication. Physician and patient. Bad news. Physician-Patient Relations Communication en médecine. Communication interpersonnelle. Relations médecin-patient. Mauvaises nouvelles. E-video. Video recordings. Vidéos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Designed for health-care professionals, this video focuses on the difficulty of communicating bad news to the families of patients suffering from terminal illness. It presents a range of compassionate strategies for broaching the subject, addresses issues of cultural specificity, and stresses the importance of remaining calm.
Item Description:	Title from title frames. Accompanied by transcript of program, clips and abstract. Issued as part of the Counseling and therapy in video collection. Originally produced in 2006.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (31 min.))
Production Credits:	Editing, Terry O'Dowd.