Breaking bad news–what patients want and what they get: evaluating the SPIKES protocol in Germany

SPIKES—A Six-Step Protocol for Delivering Bad News: Application to the Patient with Cancer

Walter F. Baile, Robert Buckman, Renato Lenzi et al. · The Oncologist · 2000 · 3K citations · Full text

Nursing, Medical Education, Oncology +17

Communicating sad, bad, and difficult news in medicine

Lesley Fallowfield, Valerie Jenkins · The Lancet · 2004 · 1K citations · Full text

Nursing, Communication, Clinical Medicine +9

Efficacy of Communication Skills Training for Giving Bad News and Discussing Transitions to Palliative Care

Anthony L. Back · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2007 · 794 citations

Nursing, Communication, Medical Education +17

Association of perceived physician communication style with patient satisfaction, distress, cancer-related self-efficacy, and perceived control over the disease

Robert Zachariae, Charlotte Gjørup Pedersen, Anders Bonde Jensen et al. · British Journal of Cancer · 2003 · 608 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Communication, Oncology +13

Breaking Bad News About Cancer: Patients’ Preferences for Communication

Patricia A. Parker, Walter F. Baile, Carl de Moor et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2001 · 390 citations

Social Sciences, Communication, Oncology +17