Higgins Donna
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust, Surrey.
Prof Nurse. 2002 Jun;17(10):609.
When a diagnosis of cancer, such as prostate cancer, is made nurses may be involved in presenting the news to the patient. How that news is given can make the experience a distressing or reassuring process. In the first part of this paper, the authors examines the human qualities required by professionals and the barriers to breaking bad news.
当确诊患有癌症,如前列腺癌时,护士可能会参与向患者传达这一消息。传达消息的方式会使患者的经历成为一个痛苦或安心的过程。在本文的第一部分,作者探讨了专业人员所需具备的人文素养以及传达坏消息的障碍。