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IN CANCER, TALKING ABOUT BAD NEWS CAN BE GOOD

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

Giving bad news is never easy, especially when it’s life or death. But when an oncologist delivers a poor prognosis to a cancer patient, does it harm their relationship?  Some research studies have suggested it can. A new study by UC Davis and University of Rochester researchers demonstrates that it does not. In fact, it found that the patient-doctor alliance …