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. 2016 Jul-Aug;7(5):485-494.
doi: 10.6004/jadpro.2016.7.5.2. Epub 2016 Jul 1.

Experiences of Nurse Practitioners in Communicating Bad News to Cancer Patients

Virginia Ruth Corey  1 , Priscilla Gage Gwyn  2
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Experiences of Nurse Practitioners in Communicating Bad News to Cancer Patients

Virginia Ruth Corey et al. J Adv Pract Oncol. 2016 Jul-Aug.
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Table 1
SPIKES: A Six-Step Protocol for Delivering Bad News to Patients
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Visual representation of the National Cancer Institute’s Conceptual Framework for patientcentered communication in cancer care and caring through communication with cancer patients. Adapted from Epstein & Street (2007); Perocchia et al. (2010).
Table 2
Table 2
Six-Step Qualitative Analysis of Study Data
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