Breaking Bad News: The First Time

Authors

  • Donald S. Smallman Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15273/dmj.Vol26No1.4425

Abstract

The education of a doctor is long and arduous. It involves many years of study and lonely nights in the hospital. Somewhere along the way there are certain seminal events that shape us as we mature. One of these is the inevitable first encounter with death and dying. This is about my experience with telling people about terminal illness.

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Smallman, D. S. (1998). Breaking Bad News: The First Time. DALHOUSIE MEDICAL JOURNAL, 26(1). https://doi.org/10.15273/dmj.Vol26No1.4425

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (1998)

Section

Focus on Medical Humanities

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