Delivering Bad News to Patients: the Suffering of some Doctors | Dr. Franco Lotito C.

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Communicating a serious illness diagnosis to a patient is not always easy for a doctor, especially when it involves delivering bad news—a task that, in the long run, can even cause health problems for the doctor. The questions of "how to say it, when to say it, who to tell first—the patient or their family"—are some of the problems and difficulties the professional faces. As if this situation weren't tense enough, there's also the lack of time a…