Friday, May 8, 2009

Breaking Bad News/ Dealing with emotions

privacy
adequacy of time
establish understanding
don’t use jargons
come see me again (card)
compassionate
encourage to express feelings
support groups/psycology
you should be calm !
reassure that you’re there for them
documentation

Dr. Amudha Interviewing Wai Kit

how are you feeling today
i can imagine
how are you feeling after the operation
i called you to have a chat with you .. i’m afraid that this is not good news
reports have just showed you’ve got
reports and your history strongly indicate that you’ve got cancer

what do you know about this condition

am i gonna die ?
it’s too early to tell

i can assure you that we’ll do whatever we can do about that
what are you worried about

perhaps i can help you breaking this news to ....

it can be inherited .. but we can protect your children if you want to have them

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