TY - JOUR
T1 - “PENS” approach for breaking bad news—a short and sweet way!
AU - Mailankody, Sharada
AU - Rao, Seema Rajesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - India has a distinct pattern of cancer care delivery, with unique sociocultural milieu and patient characteristics. In the current era of patient-centered and personalized care, there is an unmet need for an abbreviated protocol for breaking bad news to cancer patients suitable for the Indian outpatient setting. We propose a short four-step protocol for breaking bad news effectively and caringly, in the outpatient department of oncology clinics.
AB - India has a distinct pattern of cancer care delivery, with unique sociocultural milieu and patient characteristics. In the current era of patient-centered and personalized care, there is an unmet need for an abbreviated protocol for breaking bad news to cancer patients suitable for the Indian outpatient setting. We propose a short four-step protocol for breaking bad news effectively and caringly, in the outpatient department of oncology clinics.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00520-020-05807-0
DO - 10.1007/s00520-020-05807-0
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85092100416
SN - 0941-4355
JO - Supportive Care in Cancer
JF - Supportive Care in Cancer
ER -
