Communicating bad news with terminally ill patients

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Physicians often report difficulty communicating bad news with terminally ill patients. How do you think a physician should go about telling someone that she or he has a terminal illness? Finally, discuss how you think you would react to this news. In what ways would you change your life and why?

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