Abstract

Giving bad news is one of the most important yet stressful moments clinicians can experience. Although practical recommendations on how to give bad news are abundant, systematic and evidence‐based research is still lacking on what an effective episode of giving bad news entails and what the outcomes of specific strategies of giving bad news are. This entry first summarizes major communication guidelines on giving bad news and their limitations. Next, this entry presents recent works focusing on conceptualizing giving bad news as a communication process. Last, this entry discusses potential directions of future research on giving bad news.

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