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Communication viva — the SPIKES and the family meeting
A communication viva on the breaking of the bad news — the SPIKES protocol, the shared decision-making, and the management of the emotion.
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Prompt
A communication viva on the breaking of the bad news — the SPIKES protocol, the shared decision-making, and the management of the emotion.
The question
"Take me through how you would break the bad news to a family."[2]
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- [2]Baile WF, et al. SPIKES-A six-step protocol for delivering bad news. The Oncologist, 2000.PMID 10964998
- [9]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.