The medical training in breaking bad news: A narrative review.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/edumed.439731
Keywords: Medical Education, Health Communication, Break Bad News, Truth Disclosure, Professional-Patient Relations

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In health care, communication with patients and their families is essential, and a critical process when breaking bad news. Unfortunately, many doctors do not receive specific training during their undergraduate studies, often developing their skills in an empirical way to do so. This article presents the conceptual, pedagogical, and didactic bases for formulating courses or training activities to break bad news in every medicine program. It includes a synthesis of what is known within physicians, students and patients perception about this task, on existing protocols and on documented experiences of such training.

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23-09-2020
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Díaz-Martínez, L. A., Cuesta Armesto, M. H., & Díaz Rojas, M. J. (2020). The medical training in breaking bad news: A narrative review. Spanish Journal of Medical Education, 1(2), 32–44. https://doi.org/10.6018/edumed.439731
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