How to Break Bad News: A Guide for Health Care Professionals - Softcover

Buckman MBBCh, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801844916 ISBN 13: 9780801844911

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Based on Buckman's award-winning training videos and Kason's courses on interviewing skills for medical students, this volume is an indispensable aid for doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, social workers, and all those in related fields.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Buckman, M.D., Ph.D. (1948–2011), was an oncologist and professor at the University of Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital. He was the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters as well as of books, including How to Break Bad News, What You Really Need to Know about Cancer, and Human Wildlife, all three published by Johns Hopkins.

From the Back Cover

This book teaches doctors how to do effectively what many do poorly-communicate bad news to their patients. What the patient hears and understands, how the patient reacts and integrates the bad news, depends on how the doctor conveys it. This book teaches strategies, techniques, and responses that improve doctor patient relationships.

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"An expert in breaking bad news is not someone who gets it right every time; she or he is merely someone who gets it wrong less often, and who is less flustered when things do not go smoothly."—from the Introduction

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801844916
• ISBN 13: 9780801844911
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240