A Challenging Issue for both Patients and Physicians: Breaking Bad News in Oncology

Anuk, Dilek

doi:10.5505/tjo.2020.2234

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“…35 The use of specific protocols for CBN is recommended in the literature. 36 However, their use by our sample is very scarce. Nevertheless, these results are in line with those obtained by Attivisimo et al 20 and Messerotti et al 21 where the use of strategies for CBN is used by 23.5% and 38% of the sample, respectively.…”

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The Communication of Bad News in Palliative Care: The View of Professionals in Spain

Sánchez

Martínez-Beltrán

Arribas-Marín

et al. 2023

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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Background Communication is one of the central axes around which end-of-life care revolves in the context of palliative care. Communication of bad news is reported as one of the most difficult and stressful tasks by palliative care professionals. Therefore, the aim of this study is to identify aspects related to the communication of bad news in palliative care in Spain. Methods Descriptive cross-sectional study. An ad hoc questionnaire was designed and sent by e-mail to all palliative care teams in Spain. Results Overall, 206 professionals (102 nurses, 88 physicians and 16 psychologists) completed the questionnaire. A total of 60.2% considered their communication of bad news skills to be good or very good. This was related to older age, experience in both the profession and palliative care, and to having received specific postgraduate training ( P < .001). Around 42.2% perform communication of bad news with the patient first, which is associated with lower skill ( P = .013). About 78.15% of the professionals do not use any specific protocol. Conclusion This study suggests that patients access palliative care with little information about their diagnosis and prognosis. The barriers identified in the communication of bad news are the lack of specific education and training in protocol management, the difficult balance between hope and honesty, the young age of the patient, and the family.

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The Communication of Bad News in Palliative Care: The View of Professionals in Spain

Sánchez

Martínez-Beltrán

Arribas-Marín

et al. 2023

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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“…Good management of the process requires effective doctor-patient communication. If the process is successfully executed, the patient's compliance with the treatment could be significantly improved, the patient would be enabled to handle the news/information in a less traumatizing manner, the patient's satisfaction would increase, and the patient would experience less stress [11,13,14].…”

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Breaking bad news: patients’ perspectives of the information process in a general surgery outpatient clinic survey

Ondes¹,

Erbay²

2022

Med-Science

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The aim of this study is to investigate the perspectives of the patients admitted to a general surgery outpatient clinic towards the processes of being informed and receiving bad news. A questionnaire developed by the authors was provided to 319 patients. The scoring of some statements was based on a 5-item Likert scale, while other statement scoring was based on an 11-item Likert scale. Of all, 74.1% of the participants stated that “the doctor’s way of communicating information to them” is absolutely important, while 49.2% stated that “to whom the physician will communicate a bad news /malignant illness about oneself” is also of absolute importance. In case of a malignant illness, statements emphasizing that only the patient is to be notified have been adopted more commonly. Single participants stated it was more important to be personally notified first, rather than their relatives. The long-held idea that the patient may be affected by bad news and disrupt his/her treatment is no longer a consideration by patients. Even if their relatives are involved in the process in the later stages of the disease, the patients wish to hear the news first themselves.

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A comunicação de notícias difíceis acerca da abordagem aplicada à oncologia: uma revisão bibliométrica

José

Carmo

Vieira

et al. 2020

RSD

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Este estudo tem como objetivos identificar e analisar os conhecimentos científicos produzidos sobre a comunicação de notícias difíceis em oncologia considerando o contexto nacional e internacional. Trata-se de uma revisão bibliométrica das produções científicas publicadas no recorte temporal de cinco anos, nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE e CINAHL. Delimitou-se as seguintes etapas: formulação do problema e procedimentos para busca; avaliação dos dados; análise dos dados e interpretação; e apresentação da revisão. Procedeu-se à análise bibliométrica para caracterização dos estudos a partir do formulário de criação própria, facilitando a leitura, a identificação dos dados relevantes da literatura, bem como a análise dos dados. A pesquisa resultou em 49 trabalhos na busca das produções científicas. Realizou-se a leitura minuciosa dos resumos refinamento das produções científicas, onde 129 estudos foram descartados por não estarem em conformidade com os critérios de inclusão e 18 produções científicas estavam repetidas nas bases de dados. O mapeamento das produções científicas constata a importância do desenvolvimento de estudos nacionais e internacionais em notícias difíceis como uma das práticas avançadas envolvidas nos cuidados ao paciente oncológico.

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A Challenging Issue for both Patients and Physicians: Breaking Bad News in Oncology

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

The Communication of Bad News in Palliative Care: The View of Professionals in Spain

The Communication of Bad News in Palliative Care: The View of Professionals in Spain

Breaking bad news: patients’ perspectives of the information process in a general surgery outpatient clinic survey

A comunicação de notícias difíceis acerca da abordagem aplicada à oncologia: uma revisão bibliométrica

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