Development and validation of The Breaking Bad News Attitudes Scale

Abstract Background Communication of bad news plays a critical role in the physician-patient relationship, and a variety of consensus guidelines have been developed to this purpose, including the SPIKES protocol. However, little is known about physicians’ attitudes towards breaking bad news and to b...

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Main Authors: Kátia Laureano dos Santos, Paola Gremigni, Giulia Casu, Victor Zaia, Erik Montagna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02636-5